Rip by Robert Drewe, ISBN 9780143009665

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Internationally acclaimed novelist Robert Drewe returns to the short-story territory he has made his own. Set against the backdrop of the Australian coast, as randomly and imminently violent as it is beautiful, The Rip reveals the fragility of relationships between husbands and wives, children and parents, friends and lovers.

You will find yourself set down in a modern Garden of Eden with a disgraced Adam seeking his Eve; sharing the fears of a small boy in a coastal classroom as a tsunami approaches; in an English gaol cell with an Australian surfer on drug charges; and witnessing a middle-ages farmer contemplating murdering the hippie who stole his wife.

Written in a variety of moods, always compassionate, wry and razor sharp, these dazzling stories are crafted by Drewe's incisive wit and passion.

'You will read the powerful short stories in this collection with your heart in your mouth. They are the stories of a writer at the top of his form, and they will attach themselves to you.' Carmel Bird, THE AGE

'Thirteen exquisitely focused tales, all dealt with through a rich yet limpid literary chemistry, by what might be called a sumptuous minimalism.' WEST AUSTRALIAN

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About the Author: Robert Drewe

Robert Drewe is one of Australia's foremost literary writers. He was born in Melbourne, grew up in Perth, and has also lived in San Francisco, London and Sydney.

Drewe's most recent book is 'The Shark Net', a highly critical memoir. His other titles include 'The Savage Crows', 'A Cry In The Jungle Bar', 'Fortune', 'Our Sunshine', 'The Drowner', 'The Bodysurfers' and 'The Bay Of Contented Men'. He is the author of the non-fiction 'Walking Ella', as well as plays, screenplays, journalism and film criticism.

He is also the editor of two best-selling international and short-story anthologies, 'The Penguin Book Of The City' and 'The Picador Book Of The Beach'. His best-selling story collection, 'The Bodysurfers' has been adapted for film, television, radio and theatre.

Before turning to fiction writing Robert was the literary editor of 'The Australian', contributing editor of 'The Bulletin' and won two Walkley Awards for journalism. He has been a writer-in-residence at the University of Western Australia and La Trobe University, once worked briefly as a private investigator in San Francisco, and has taught fiction writing at London's South Bank Centre and Brixton Prison.

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