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Fiction

We All Fall Down by Peter Barry

by Denise O'Dea
November 2012, no. 346

We All Fall Down by Peter Barry

Transit Lounge, $29.95 pb, 336 pp, 9781921924187

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Hugh Drysdale, thirtyish, appears to have it made. An ambitious account manager with a Sydney advertising agency, he seems poised for a dazzling career. Confident of future success, he has installed his wife and son in a palatial house by the sea – with a palatial mortgage to show for it.

 


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We All Fall Down by Peter Barry

Transit Lounge, $29.95 pb, 336 pp, 9781921924187

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


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