Jeff Lewis Jeff Lewis i(A32283 works by) (a.k.a. Jeffrey N Lewis)
Born: Established: 1954 Frankston, Frankston area, Melbourne South East, Melbourne, Victoria, ;
Gender: Male
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1 The Gallowsmaker Jeff Lewis , 1994 single work short story
— Appears in: The Second Largest Island : Modern Australian Short Stories 1994; (p. 52-62)
1 Putu Goes to Paris: Global Communication and Australian Imaginings of the East Jeff Lewis , 1994 single work prose
— Appears in: Kunapipi , vol. 16 no. 3 1994; (p. 54-71)
1 Grand Final Jeff Lewis , 1989 single work short story
— Appears in: Extremity of the Skies and Other Stories 1989; (p. 133-138)
1 Swimming Jeff Lewis , 1989 single work short story
— Appears in: Extremity of the Skies and Other Stories 1989; (p. 130-132)
1 Extremity of the Skies Jeff Lewis , 1989 single work short story
— Appears in: Extremity of the Skies and Other Stories 1989; (p. 90-129)
1 Flames About Prometheus Jeff Lewis , 1989 single work short story
— Appears in: Extremity of the Skies and Other Stories 1989; (p. 83-89)
1 The Second Aborigine Jeff Lewis , 1989 single work short story
— Appears in: Extremity of the Skies and Other Stories 1989; (p. 76-82)
1 A Perfect World Jeff Lewis , 1989 single work short story
— Appears in: Extremity of the Skies and Other Stories 1989; (p. 62-66)
1 William Jeff Lewis , 1989 single work short story
— Appears in: Extremity of the Skies and Other Stories 1989; (p. 25-61)
1 The Halcyon Days of Phideas Mungh Jeff Lewis , 1989 single work short story
— Appears in: Extremity of the Skies and Other Stories 1989; (p. 12-24)
1 The Woman Who Became an Alligator Jeff Lewis , 1989 single work short story
— Appears in: Extremity of the Skies and Other Stories 1989; (p. 7-11)
1 Fagen's Fruit Jeff Lewis , 1989 single work short story
— Appears in: Extremity of the Skies and Other Stories 1989; (p. 67-75) The Largest Island : Modern Australian Short Stories 1989; (p. 144-151)

Fagen was born in the same hour as the protagonist in a factory town; Fagen is humpbacked, wall-eyed, and intellectually disabled. His parents never recover from the shock of his birth, and die one after the other.

As time passes, the town deteriorates: the swamps flood, the factories grow, grain becomes scarce, and the townspeople's health suffers from the emissions. Fagen lives in a plot of land, uncared for; the protagonist's father tries to bring him food. A strange plant grows near Fagen.

The bailiff breaks Fagen's legs, then as the plant continues to grow, tries cutting the plant and throwing poison on them both. It is futile; the plant grows a rancid-smelling fruit. Fagen dies and the fruit's smell spreads throughout the town till it rots.

1 3 y separately published work icon Extremity of the Skies and Other Stories Jeff Lewis , Flinders : Flinders Publishing , 1989 Z547418 1989 selected work short story
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