Peripheral vision : stories / Paddy O'Reilly.
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TextSeries: Read how you want 16Publisher: [Strawberry Hills, NSW] : ReadHowYouWant, [2015]Copyright date: ©2015Edition: EasyRead large editionDescription: iii, 231 pages (large print) ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781459696969 (paperback)Subject(s): Interpersonal relations -- Fiction | Australian fiction -- 21st centuryGenre/Form: Short stories. | Large type books. DDC classification: A823.4 Summary: A teenager on the tram meets an old man claiming to be Jesus Christ. Six young women band together on a night prowl. A Filipino immigrant clashes with his eldest sister, who has brought him to Australia for a better life. And in a future where dogs have risen up against their owners, a mother is alarmed by her adolescent daughter's behaviour. Through such diverse characters, Paddy O'Reilly takes us into the fringes of human nature - our hidden thoughts, our darker impulses and our unspoken tragedies. By turns elegiac and acerbic, but always acutely observed, Peripheral Vision confirms O'Reilly as one of our most inventive and insightful writers.
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| wnor- Book | Northam Northam Large Print | F ORE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 31111064919127 |
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A teenager on the tram meets an old man claiming to be Jesus Christ. Six young women band together on a night prowl. A Filipino immigrant clashes with his eldest sister, who has brought him to Australia for a better life. And in a future where dogs have risen up against their owners, a mother is alarmed by her adolescent daughter's behaviour. Through such diverse characters, Paddy O'Reilly takes us into the fringes of human nature - our hidden thoughts, our darker impulses and our unspoken tragedies. By turns elegiac and acerbic, but always acutely observed, Peripheral Vision confirms O'Reilly as one of our most inventive and insightful writers.
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