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Fiction
by Romy Ash
February 2013, no. 348

Darkness on the Edge of Town by Jessie Cole

Fourth Estate, $24.99 pb, 328 pp, 9780732293192

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‘I don’t mind all the broken things – sometimes I shift a chair outside when I think the house is overflowing, or when I can’t get to the kitchen cupboard or something – it’s the people that bother me. My dad collects broken people too.’

 


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Darkness on the Edge of Town by Jessie Cole

Fourth Estate, $24.99 pb, 328 pp, 9780732293192

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


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