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Absolutely Revolting
Fiction

Stray Dog Winter by David Francis

by Chad Habel •
March 2009, no. 309

Stray Dog Winter by David Francis

Allen & Unwin, $32.95 pb, 312 pp

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Glowing reviews of an author one is not familiar with can inspire scepticism, but in the case of David Francis these tributes are justified. Stray Dog Winter – an impressive political thriller – is set mostly in Moscow in 1984, with occasional flashbacks to Melbourne during the 1970s.

 


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Stray Dog Winter

Stray Dog Winter by David Francis

Allen & Unwin, $32.95 pb, 312 pp

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

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