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Sean O'Bierne Sean O'Bierne i(17391661 works by)
Gender: Male
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Melbourne bookseller and critic. He released his first book, a collection of short stories, in 2020.

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y separately published work icon A Couple of Things Before the End : Stories Carlton : Black Inc. , 2020 17391710 2020 selected work short story

'A woman on a passenger ship in 1958 gets involved with a young, wild Barry Humphries. A man looks back to the 1970s, and his time as a member of Australia’s least competent scout troop. In 1988, a teenage boy recalls his sexual initiation, out on the tanbark. In 2015, two sisters text in Kmart about how to manage their irascible mother.

'Then, in the near future, a racist demagogue – a kind of Australian Trump – talks to the press the day after his electoral triumph. As the cities heat up and lose their water, a lady from one of the ‘better suburbs’ makes every effort to get her family, and her dog, into a gated community.

'This is Australia, in all its glories and its foibles – and its insularity and fear. These stories are a reflection of where we are now, and where we may be headed. Bitingly satirical, outstandingly original and written in a remarkable range of voices, A Couple of Things Before the End is a stand-out fiction debut of 2020.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

2021 shortlisted New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Glenda Adams Award for New Writing
2021 longlisted APA Book Design Awards Best Designed Literary Fiction Book designed by Peter Long
2020 shortlisted Queensland Literary Awards Australian Short Story Collection - Steele Rudd Award
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