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'An early exchange of Christmas presents leads to a violent outcome for a young drunk couple. A schoolboy finds himself at the centre of a cruel playground bullying ritual. A teenage girl lies to her mother about a sexual assault involving her little sister. A father ruins grand final day for the son who idolises him.
'The thirteen stories in Luke Johnson’s debut collection do not shy away from life’s brutalities. Nor do they overlook those moments of genuine intimacy, humour and revelation that imbue the tragic with purpose and with pathos. Set in regional Australia in an era before mobile phones and the internet, these stories will remind you of who and what we are beneath all the cool digital interfaces: animals, burning with ferocity for a mouthful of life’s flesh.'
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Works about this Work
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Liminal Encounters : Short Story Collections by Paige Clark, Merlinda Bobis, and Luke Johnson
2021
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December no. 438 2021; (p. 35-36)
— Review of She Is Haunted 2021 selected work short story ; The Kindness of Birds 2021 selected work short story ; Ferocious Animals 2021 selected work short story
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Liminal Encounters : Short Story Collections by Paige Clark, Merlinda Bobis, and Luke Johnson
2021
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December no. 438 2021; (p. 35-36)
— Review of She Is Haunted 2021 selected work short story ; The Kindness of Birds 2021 selected work short story ; Ferocious Animals 2021 selected work short story