A man honeymoons before leaving to fight in the First World War, a literature class for prisoners, unexpected meetings with long-lost loves … short stories and poems by Garry Kinnane that take in early and mid 20th century Australia, and on into the trials of ageing in the 21st. Ten stories, twenty poems – thirty pieces in all.

Garry Kinnane is the author of George Johnston: A Biography (winner of The Age Book-of-the-Year 1986) Colin Colahan: A Portrait, and the memoir trilogy, Shadowed Days.

Published by Rainshadow, an imprint of Clouds of Magellan Press.

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