ISBN: 9781863952705

Description:

• 380 pages ; 21 cm
• regular print

Other Title: Best Australian stories two thousand and six

Contents:

• Like the world's an armchair / Paddy O'Reilly
• I feel so strong / Venero Armanno
• Fox Unpopuli / Eva Sallis
• Ain't no ordinary ham / Will Elliott
• Indelible ink / Fiona McGregor
• The shed / Chris Womersley
• Dangerous shoes / Christine Stanton
• Another man / Gerard Windsor
• Twenty pink questions / Fabienne Bayet-Charlton
• The good Howard / Tony Birch
• Jet lag / Catherine Ford
• Mattress sale / David J. Kramer
• The legacy of Rita Marquand / Carmel Bird
• Nhill /Patrick West
• The Jesus of ants / Amanda le Bas de Plumetot
• Rockpools / Girija Tropp
• The pact / Laurie Clancy
• Rabbit / Leanne Hall
• Running from right to left / Margaret Barbalet
• I so do not want to be having this conversation / Frank Moorhouse
• Flame bugs on the sixth island / Patrick Holland
• Ashes / Alex Miller
• Bean paddock blues / Barry Cooper
• Barcelona honours the prostitute Maria Llopis / John Bryson
• Cold snap / Cate Kennedy
• There are not many good people left in the world / Mandy Sayer
• Today on Dr Phil / Tom Cho
• The coral cay / Sandra Hall
• Emily / Daniel Wynne
• Dust / Patrick Cullen
• Drop / Shady Cosgrove
• Train / Shady Cosgrove
• Woman weeping / Anson Cameron
• Patterns / Gillian Gouras
• Shooting the dog / Peter Goldsworthy
• Tactics / Karen Hitchcock
• Asleep / Kim Scott
• Paradise / Jennifer Robertson
• Drive / John Kinsella
• Over the sea / Sonja Dechian
• Loved her more than lettuce / Gavin Carver
• Breathing Amber
• The original is unfaithful to the translation / Marion Halligan
• John F. Kennedy is very surprised / Jenny Sinclair
• Requiem / Shane Strange.

Control Number: 2811734

Subjects: Short stories, Australian -- 21st century.

Genre: Short stories.

Other Authors: Drewe, Robert, 1943-