The first law of sadness
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Author
Publication
2017 - David Philip Publishers, Cape Town, South Africa
Language
English
Word Count
49,750 words, Guess
Page Count
199 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-101485625785
- ISBN-101485625807
- ISBN-101485625793
- ISBN-139781485625780
- ISBN-139781485625803
and 3 more
- ISBN-139781485625797
- OCLC Control Number1018451877
- Open LibraryOL44219669M
Classifications
- DDC823.92
- LCCPR9369.4.M865 F57 2017
Description
"Connected by more than their exquisite prose, Nick Mulgrew's new stories delve into a world of killer eagles, tattoo removal parlours, hardcore punk guitarists-cum-auditors, turtle sanctuaries, plane crashes, amateur pornographers and biltong-makers - a world concurrently too strange and too familiar for comfort. A collection of startling imagination and sympathy - set primarily in South Africa's least fashionable cities and suburbs - these stories maintain a precarious balance between rich comedy and despair throughout their explorations of grief, spectacle, sex, nostalgia, and the lives of animals, both human and not"--
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