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Jul 20, 2014
"Middle-aged Tom Keely is self-destructing in the wake of a career-ending scandal and a failed marriage. But the appearance of a neighbour -- a woman he knew in better days -- and her odd but intelligent grandson may turn out to be the rescue he needs, for they're doing worse than he is. Set in a dingy apartment tower in Freemantle, Australia, this precisely written tale is dark yet hopeful, complex yet suspenseful; it tackles questions of class, corruption, and politics. An ambiguous ending and a narrative structure that is more character study than plot-oriented means that you'll be reading this more for Australian author Tim Winton's electric writing style than for the story." Fiction A to Z July 2014 newsletter http://www.libraryaware.com/996/NewsletterIssues/ViewIssue/b4f6ee64-db77-4e52-b8b4-047c4a840df7?postId=68a5ce8f-6d53-453a-a4fa-045bd063b705