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'Set in the Blue Mountains and in Sydney, Tom is Dead is a suspense novel about grief. The narrator's son has been dead for ten years; he was four and a half. For the first time since that day, she spends a few minutes without thinking of him. To stop herself from forgetting, she tries to write Tom's story, the story of his death.
'She writes about the first hours, the first days, and then about the hours and the days before. She strives to describe it all as precisely as possible. It's the details that will lead her and the reader to the truth.' (From Text Publishing's website.)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
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Undercover
2010
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 16-17 January 2010; (p. 26) A column canvassing current literary news including a report on the friction betwen novelists Camille Laurens and Marie Darrieussecq. Laurens accused Darrieussecq of 'psychological plagiarism' suggesting the latter's Tom Is Dead follows a similar line to Laurens's Philippe. -
J'accuse, a Literary Battle Resumes
2010
single work
column
— Appears in: The Age , 16 January 2010; (p. 28) A column canvassing current literary news including a report on the friction betwen novelists Camille Laurens and Marie Darrieussecq. Laurens accused Darrieussecq of 'psychological plagiarism' suggesting the latter's Tom Is Dead follows a similar line to Laurens's Philippe. -
Lost Children
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian Literary Review , October vol. 4 no. 9 2009; (p. 17)
— Review of Tom est Mort 2007 single work novel -
An Expression of Primal Emotion
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 26-27 September 2009; (p. 31)
— Review of Tom est Mort 2007 single work novel -
Views that Perplex in Sharp Probe of a Mother's Grief
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 12 September 2009; (p. 13)
— Review of Tom est Mort 2007 single work novel
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When Words Come to Grief
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 29 August 2009; (p. 23)
— Review of Tom est Mort 2007 single work novel -
Views that Perplex in Sharp Probe of a Mother's Grief
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 12 September 2009; (p. 13)
— Review of Tom est Mort 2007 single work novel -
An Expression of Primal Emotion
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 26-27 September 2009; (p. 31)
— Review of Tom est Mort 2007 single work novel -
Lost Children
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian Literary Review , October vol. 4 no. 9 2009; (p. 17)
— Review of Tom est Mort 2007 single work novel -
Loss in a Far-Off World
2009
single work
column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 22-23 August 2009; (p. 16) -
J'accuse, a Literary Battle Resumes
2010
single work
column
— Appears in: The Age , 16 January 2010; (p. 28) A column canvassing current literary news including a report on the friction betwen novelists Camille Laurens and Marie Darrieussecq. Laurens accused Darrieussecq of 'psychological plagiarism' suggesting the latter's Tom Is Dead follows a similar line to Laurens's Philippe. -
Undercover
2010
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 16-17 January 2010; (p. 26) A column canvassing current literary news including a report on the friction betwen novelists Camille Laurens and Marie Darrieussecq. Laurens accused Darrieussecq of 'psychological plagiarism' suggesting the latter's Tom Is Dead follows a similar line to Laurens's Philippe.
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