The promise / Tony Birch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Birch, Tony, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Australian fiction.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (228 p.)

Place of Publication:

St Lucia, Queensland : University of Queensland Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Outstanding new fiction from the Miles Franklin-shortlisted author of Blood In this breathtaking new work, Tony Birch affirms his position as one of Australia's finest writers of short-form fiction. 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

Contents:

Cover; Author biography; Title page; Imprint page; Dedication; Contents; Epigraph; China; The Toecutters; Refuge of Sinners; The Ghost of Hank Williams; After Rachel; Sticky Fingers; The Promise; The Lovers; Distance; The Money Shot; Snare; Keeping Good Company; Acknowledgments

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 9, 2014).

ISBN:

0-7022-5210-7