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1 James Bradley, The Silent Invasion SZ , 2017 single work column
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 8 April 2017; 'James Bradley’s novel The Silent Invasion – the first in a trilogy for young adults – is set precisely 10 years from now, but Bradley’s 2027 doesn’t feel at all futuristic. Rather, it’s a world in which the anxieties of the current day have taken concrete forms. Alien spores capable of colonising all life, including humans, have arrived on planet Earth. Australia is divided in three: the alien-colonised Zone covers the north, separated from the south by a thin strip of land known as the Transitional. A powerful government agency known only as Quarantine scans the citizens of the south for signs of “the Change” and clinically executes those who have been infected.' (Introduction)
1 Last Words SZ , 2017 single work essay review
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 11 February 2017;
1 Sam Carmody, The Windy Season SZ , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 23 July 2016;
— Review of The Windy Season Sam Carmody , 2016 single work novel 'The precis of Sam Carmody’s debut novel, The Windy Season, reads like a congeries of Australian Gothic tropes: we have a small town where not everything is as it seems, a missing brother whose disappearance brings to light long-hidden family secrets, and a toxic stew of masculinity, booze and drugs. But while taking equal measures of inspiration from the gritty realism of Christos Tsiolkas and the building menace of Wake in Fright, The Windy Season’s ambition is betrayed by its uneven execution. ...'
1 Kenneth Cook, Fear Is the Rider SZ , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 13 February 2016;
— Review of Fear Is the Rider Kenneth Cook , 2016 single work novel
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