Straight, Bent and Barbara Vine

by Garry Disher (Author)

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  Paperback
  1997

  $12.73

  STRAIGHT ...an insurance investigator recalled to his childhood home uncovers a body and ghosts from his past. BENT ...an unseen stranger confuses a crime writer with the characters who stalk the pages of his books. BARBARA VINE ...a conservator restoring a flood-damaged Venice crypt suspects that he's been implicated in a murder. Twelve dazzling stories by an award-winning author writing at the peak of his ability, introduced by an elegant testament to the writing process itself. The critics have said of Garry Disher's stories and thrillers: 'deftness that takes the breath away' THE AUSTRALIAN 'precise, assured and resonant' THE AGE 'objects and situations glow with a mysterious inner menace' THE INDEPENDANT MONTHLY 'one of Australia's best and most innovative story writers' AUSTRALIAN BOOK REVIEW 'Disher is delivering the best crime fiction around' PETER CORRIS.