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The Vanishing Act  by Mette Jakobsen

Text Publishing, $23.95 pb, 240 pp, 9781921758195

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The début novel from Danish-born, Australia-based author Mette Jakobsen resembles a riddle: a tiny island in the middle of the ocean battered by wind, snow, and rain, sometime after the war; three men, a girl, a dog, a dead boy, a missing woman.

 


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The Vanishing Act  by Mette Jakobsen

Text Publishing, $23.95 pb, 240 pp, 9781921758195

ABR receives a commission on items purchased through this link. All ABR reviews are fully independent.


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