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Life is elsewhere

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April 2005, no. 270

The Running Man by Michael Gerard Butler

Scholastic, $19.95pb, 280pp, 1 86291 575 X

Book 2 Cover Small (400 x 600)

By The River by Steven Herrick

Allen & Unwin, $16.95pb, 232pp, 0 74114 357 8

Secret Scribbled Notebooks by Joanne Horniman

Allen & Unwin, $17.95pb, 219pp, 1 74114 406 X

Life is elsewhere

by
April 2005, no. 270

Dreams of leaving can be a powerful force in the lives of young people. These four novels are each touched by the desire for other places. The idea that a more authentic self lurks beyond our familiar zones shapes these books, three of which are written by Australians, and one by an American writer who spends half his time in Australia and half in New York.

The Running Man

The Running Man

by Michael Gerard Butler

Scholastic, $19.95pb, 280pp, 1 86291 575 X

By The River

By The River

by Steven Herrick

Allen & Unwin, $16.95pb, 232pp, 0 74114 357 8

Secret Scribbled Notebooks

Secret Scribbled Notebooks

Joanne Horniman

Allen & Unwin, $17.95pb, 219pp, 1 74114 406 X

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