| Description |
ix, 422 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Camouflage / Murray Bail -- Two wrecks / Dorothy Johnson -- The white hole of Bombay / Nicholas Shakespeare -- Love and honour and pity and pride and compassion and sacrafice / Nam Lee -- The lap pool / Robert Drewe -- Still here / Anna Krien -- Dust / Patrick Cullen -- The meaning of life / Mandy Sayer -- Speak to me / Paddy O'Reilly -- Hurricane season / Janette Turner Hospital -- The intimacy of the table / Delia Falconer -- Mate / Kate Grenville -- Shooting the dog / Peter Goldsworthy -- Cold snap / Cate Kennedy -- Fox unpopuli / Eva Hornung -- La moustiquaire / Gillians Mears -- Dry land / Steven Amsterdam -- Today on Dr Phil / Tom Cho -- Act fifteen / Jessica Anderson -- Onionskinny / Campbell Mattinson -- The book of Howard H / Luke Davis -- Possessed by the god / Marion Halligan -- On the spice / Emily Ballou -- In formation / Karen Hitchcock -- Lorraine Bracco / Frank Moorhouse -- Ain't no ordinary ham / Will Elliott -- Aquifer / Tim Winton -- Cloud busting / Tara Jane Winch -- Reading Madame Bovary / Amanda Lohrey -- The new dark age / Joan London -- Motel morning star / Liam Davison -- Any dog / Sonya Hartnett -- The enemies of happiness / Tim Richards -- Escargo postel / Cloe Walker-- The eunuch and the harem / Ryan ONeill -- Repossession / Michael Mehan -- The boys name was David / Gerald Murname |
| Summary |
"This essential book takes a decade of Best Australian Stories and selects the most outstanding short fiction by the country's finest writers" backcover |
| Subject |
Short stories, Australian -- 21st century.
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| Genre/Form |
Short stories.
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| ISBN |
9781863955225 (paperback) |
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