Author:Murray Bail
Superb and surprising new fiction is found in this major new collection from the Australian master.
A man named Huebler decides to photograph everyone alive. A suburban father perches in his son's tree house to spy on his friends. A dentist recognises his estranged wife in a famous painting. 'The Seduction of My Sister' tells of the increasingly bizarre events involving a boy and his sister when a new family moves in across the street. And in 'Camouflage', Eric Banerjee, an unassuming Adelaide piano tuner, is sent north to the centre of Australia in 1943 to make his contribution to the war effort.
It is clear in all these remarkable stories that Murray Bail - already celebrated for his novels - has also extended the manifold possibilities of short fiction. Each of his stories creates a strange and fascinating new world, and none of them is easily forgotten. Bail's work in this collection is deft, angular, and very entertaining; the mastery of his art is fully revealed with wry humour and haunting power.
Her books have both wit and a whimsical charm
—— Sunday TelegraphGavalda sees through ordinary appearances to people's hidden longings... A gifted literary stylist
—— VogueA distant descendant of Dorothy Parker
—— VoiciA collection as tender as it is scathing
—— Le MondeThere's more than a whiff of Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness about these tales, by turns savage, funny, unsettling
—— The TimesSkilful and unsettling
—— IndependentMr Bones is a series of characteristically dark and sharply focused snapshots from the world that Paul Theroux has observed - and invented
—— New York TimesSuave and accomplished
—— Washington TimesMr Bones showcases the author's virtuoso storytelling abilities, as he tells stories of tricky situations, slippery personalities and unsettling motives
—— Seattle TimesMisfits and twisted individuals loom large throughout these urbane stories . . . satirically edged.
—— The CulturePaul Theroux combines the traveller's hawk eye with the novelist's keen insight. . .[he has] an uncanny ability to rivet the reader.
—— New StatesmanA masterpiece of wit and elegance.
—— Elspeth Barker , Literary ReviewThe author charts the various stages of life with engaging curiosity and earthy compassion... The publishers, Jonathan Cape, have done a fine job with this handsome and substantial collection.
—— Keith Hopper , Times Literary SupplementAll the customary satisfactions of Burnside's writing – anomie, menace, flashes of violence and cruelty, hallucination and snow – but multiplied.
—— Sunday TelegraphEven Burnside’s most routine stories have beauty and intelligence. He is never less than something like brilliant.
—— Daily TelegraphA tremendous collection from a writer working at the full tilt of his gifts.
—— Kevin Barry , Ormskirk Advertiser
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