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Absolutely Revolting
Fiction

Seduced in the same old way

by David Gilbey •
June 1993, no. 151

One Way Mirrors by Lyn Hughes

Allen & Unwin, $14.95 pb

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Lyn Hughes’s One Way Mirrors begins with a white horse impaled on headlights. It’s autumn, ‘the stars look cold and pinched’. You know it’s going to end badly and it does, mostly.

 


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One Way Mirrors

One Way Mirrors by Lyn Hughes

Allen & Unwin, $14.95 pb

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

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