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Peter Twohig Peter Twohig i(A144093 works by)
Gender: Male
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Peter Twohig was born in Melbourne in 1948 and grew up in Richmond and Dandenong. He survived a Catholic education, and worked in the Australian Public Service before reinventing himself as a naturopath & homoeopath in Sydney. He has degrees in philosophy and complementary medicine. He now writes full time. Peter’s first novel, The Cartographer, received the Ned Kelly Award for Best First Fiction in 2012 and was long-listed for the Commonwealth Book Prize in 2013.

Source : https://www.harpercollins.com.au/cr-109433/peter-twohig/

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y separately published work icon The Cartographer Sydney : Fourth Estate , 2012 Z1828478 2012 single work novel

'Set in Melbourne in the 1950s, a 11-year-old boy witnesses a murder when he is spying through a window of a strange house.

'In the following weeks he comes to map out all the significant adventures he has in the labyrinthine city, trying to make sure he doesn't cross the path of the murderer, who he believes wishes to silence and dispose of him. Comics and superheroes inform his strategies for avoiding the bogeyman, as does the memory of his twin brother, Tom, who recently died in a tragic accident.' (From the publisher's website.)
2013 shortlisted Indie Awards — Debut Fiction
2012 winner Ned Kelly Awards for Crime Writing — Best First Novel
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