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Archipelagoes

Sometimes zany, sometimes bizarre, sometimes poignant, these short stories are always coolly objective in their treatment of the foibles and weaknesses of contemporary man. Wide-ranging in their subjects - from la haute cuisine australienne, through the trial of God by classroom court, to the mute death throes of a terminally ill hospital patient - these nineteen short stories introduced a distinctive new voice to the Australian literary scene.