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Neale Lucas
Jun 18, 20193 min read
NO FRIEND BUT THE MOUNTAINS.
It is nothing short of a triumph of human spirit and resilience in the face of insurmountable odds that I am sitting here reading this...
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Neale Lucas
Jun 17, 20193 min read
TOO MUCH LIP.
The blue eyes of the bogans widen in surprise. They don’t see too many black chick’s on Harley’s around here. Kerry has just ridden three...
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Neale Lucas
Jun 12, 20197 min read
A STOLEN SEASON.
The explosion that left Adam teetering on the edge of death is clouded in ambiguity. We are never told about it. All we know is that is...
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Neale Lucas
Jun 8, 20192 min read
THE SPINNING HEART.
The best word to describe the relationship between Bobby and his father is toxic. Everyday Bobby travels back to the little cottage in...
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Neale Lucas
Jun 6, 20192 min read
DYSCHRONIA.
There are no zombies in the dystopian future of Dyschronia. No belligerent alien species hell bent on taking over the planet. No...
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Neale Lucas
Jun 1, 20193 min read
THE DEATH OF NOAH GLASS.
Already overwrought with grief, Martin and Evie Glass are quite mystified when they are called in to the police station and told by a...
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Neale Lucas
May 28, 20192 min read
THE LUCKY GALAH.
It is 1964 and The Federal Department of Supply manage to lure Evan Johnson away from his job in Melbourne where he works in an...
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Neale Lucas
May 25, 20192 min read
THE LEBS.
You know things are less than ideal at a school when the new principal expels over half of the students when he is appointed. Not only...
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Neale Lucas
May 21, 20193 min read
THE ERRATICS.
This dark memoir starts at the end. Vicki’s mother and father live in isolation, secluded away from civilisation in a large house in...
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Neale Lucas
May 17, 20192 min read
MYTHOS: THE GREEK MYTHS RETOLD.
Stephen Fry is such an amazing orator that I could listen to him describing paint dry. Having said that, I have never actually read any...
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Neale Lucas
May 10, 20194 min read
BLACK LEOPARD RED WOLF.
With his latest novel James shows us that he is just as skilful in the fantasy genre as he is in the historical fiction. Marlon James...
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Neale Lucas
May 2, 20192 min read
IDENTITY CRISIS.
When Senior Detective Michael Matlock says that a woman was in the wrong place at the wrong time when she was killed, he doesn’t realise...
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Neale Lucas
Apr 13, 20193 min read
ELEANOR OLIPHANT IS COMPLETELY FINE.
With Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine, Honeyman has gifted the reader with an incredible protagonist for the reader to get their teeth...
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Neale Lucas
Apr 4, 20193 min read
BOY SWALLOWS UNIVERSE.
The highest praise I can give this novel is that at times I thought it was written by one of my very favourite authors, Tim Winton. Three...
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Neale Lucas
Mar 29, 20193 min read
ORDINARY PEOPLE.
Looking back in hindsight, I probably went into this book expecting not to like it. Even the title has a way of unintentionally lowering...
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Neale Lucas
Mar 22, 20192 min read
REMEMBERED.
Spring finds herself talking to her dead sister’s ghost while waiting at the bedside of her dying son Edward. However, talking to Tempe,...
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Neale Lucas
Mar 21, 20192 min read
NUMBER ONE CHINESE RESTAURANT.
The narrative revolves around the Han family and friends, and the relationships that exist all under the roof of the family restaurant....
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Neale Lucas
Mar 17, 20193 min read
LOST CHILDREN ARCHIVE.
This novel is not one but two narratives. The first narrative is the story of a family travelling to the Apacheria, where the father...
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Neale Lucas
Mar 11, 20192 min read
GHOST WALL.
Silvie is the seventeen-year-old protagonist of this novel. Silvie’s mother works as a cashier, while her father drives a bus. Her father...
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Neale Lucas
Mar 8, 20192 min read
FRESHWATER.
Wow! This is a novel unlike any I have ever read before. I absolutely loved it. However, what did I absolutely love? Did I completely...
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