The promise /
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| Author / Creator: | Birch, Tony, 1957-, author. |
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| Imprint: | St Lucia, Queensland : University of Queensland Press, 2014. ©2014. |
| Description: | 221 pages ; 20 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10094682 |
| Summary: | In this breathtaking new work, Tony Birch affirms his position as one of Australia's finest writers of short-form fiction.<br> <br> Using his unflinching creative gaze, he ponders love and loss and faith. A trio of amateur thieves are left in charge of a baby moments before a heist. A group of boys compete in the final of a marbles tournament, only to find their biggest challenge was the opponent they didn't see coming. Two young friends find a submerged car in their local swimming hole and become obsessed by the mystery of the driver's identity.<br> <br> Across twelve blistering stories, The Promise delivers a sensitive and often humorous take on the lives of those who have loved, lost and wandered. |
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| Physical Description: | 221 pages ; 20 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9780702249990 0702249998 |
