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Gin, the albino, marries to escape the confines of an asylum. Toad, a small man who wears corsets, marries to prove his manhood. Together they are freaks – feared and ridiculed by the remote farming community in which they live. Then into their lives come two Italian POWs bringing music, sensuality and a love that will fan the flames of small town bigotry.
PRAISE FOR THE BOOK
‘Goldie Goldbloom promises to be one of Australia’s most important and imaginative voices of the future … a masterpiece of characterisation.’ Good Reading Magazine
‘… an assured debut written in beautifully precise language.’ The Age
Awards
USA Association of Writers and Writing Programs’ (AWP) Novel Award (Winner, 2008)
GLCA New Writers Award for Fiction (Winner, 2011)
Foreword Reviews’ Book of the Year, Literary Fiction (Winner, 2011)
Goldie Goldbloom
Goldie Goldbloom is the author of The Paperbark Shoe – winner of the AWP Novel Award and many other prizes, as well as a collection of short stories, You Lose These. Her work has been selected for the Best Australian Short Stories, and has been published in journals such as The Kenyon Review, Prairie Schooner, […]Explore more from our catalogue
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