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Fiction
by Rachel Robertson
November 2014, no. 366

Six by John Clanchy

Finlay Lloyd, $25 pb, 245 pp

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At the start of ‘True Glue’, Dale the postie is called a Luddite by his mate and wonders if this is some religious or political splinter group he hasn’t yet heard of, before going home to google it. In ‘Slow Burn’, Daryl Turtle has a troublesome close encounter with a yellow toaster while suffering from ‘man flu’, resulting in a hilarious scene in a chain store when Daryl walks down the aisle in his pyjamas dropping bread, ‘Is it Hansel and Gretel?’ asks a little boy.

 


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Six by John Clanchy

Finlay Lloyd, $25 pb, 245 pp

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


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