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'They were originally five. Elliot. Brian. Tallis. Cameron. And Dylan - charismatic Dylan - the mediator, the leader, the man each one turned to in a time of crisis. Five close friends, bonded in college, still coming together for their annual trip to Las Vegas.
'This year they are four. Four friends, sharing a common loss: Dylan′s tragic death. A common loss that, upon their arrival in Vegas, will bring with it a common threat: one that will make them question who their departed friend really was, and whether he is even worthy of their grief.' (From the publisher's website.)
'This year they are four. Four friends, sharing a common loss: Dylan′s tragic death. A common loss that, upon their arrival in Vegas, will bring with it a common threat: one that will make them question who their departed friend really was, and whether he is even worthy of their grief.' (From the publisher's website.)
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Dedication: For Danny
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Epigraph:
One writes, that 'Other friends remain,'
That 'Loss is common to the race' -
And common is the commonplace,
And vacant chaff well meant for grain.
That loss is common would not make
My own less bitter, rather more:
Too common! Never morning wore
To evening, but some heart did break.
Alfred, Lord Tennyson, In Memoriam
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
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Friending
2012
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: Inside Story , March 2012;
— Review of A Common Loss 2011 single work novel -
The Year's Work in Fiction
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: Westerly , July vol. 57 no. 1 2012; (p. 137-152)
— Review of When We Have Wings 2011 single work novel ; Shooting the Fox 2011 selected work short story ; Sarah Thornhill 2011 single work novel ; The Waterboys 2011 single work novel ; Traitor 2010 single work novel ; Inherited 2011 selected work short story ; The Courier's New Bicycle 2011 single work novel ; That Deadman Dance 2010 single work novel ; The Street Sweeper 2011 single work novel ; Thought Crimes 2011 selected work short story ; Black Glass 2010 single work novel ; The Cook 2011 single work novel ; Wild History 1996 single work poetry ; A Common Loss 2011 single work novel -
Shallow School Ties
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 10 March 2012; (p. 31)
— Review of A Common Loss 2011 single work novel -
A Peek beneath the Surface of Friendship
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 26 February 2012; (p. 7)
— Review of A Common Loss 2011 single work novel -
The Bequest
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , February no. 338 2012; (p. 26)
— Review of A Common Loss 2011 single work novel
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[Review] A Common Loss
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , Summer 2011/12 vol. 91 no. 6 2011; (p. 31)
— Review of A Common Loss 2011 single work novel -
Tennysonesque Approach to Grief
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 24-25 December 2011; (p. 19)
— Review of A Common Loss 2011 single work novel -
Secrets and Lies
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 31 December 2011; (p. 15)
— Review of A Common Loss 2011 single work novel -
A Cold Chill in Las Vegas
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 7-8 January 2012; (p. 34)
— Review of A Common Loss 2011 single work novel -
Fiction
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 28 - 29 January 2012; (p. 22)
— Review of A Common Loss 2011 single work novel -
Eyes Right
2011
single work
column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 3 -4 December 2011; (p. 12) In a round-up of recent Australian and overseas publications,'Geordie Williamson advises on the season's most enticing reading' (p.12). -
Reading Las Vegas
2011
single work
interview
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , Summer 2011/12 vol. 91 no. 6 2011; (p. 40) -
Something Borrowed, Something Blue
2011
single work
column
— Appears in: Newswrite : The NSW Writers' Centre Magazine , October-November vol. 199 no. 2011; (p. 6-7)
Awards
- 2013 longlisted Davitt Award — Best Adult Crime Novel
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