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3 y separately published work icon Fishbowl Tag, an Dem Der Goldfish Aus Dem 27 Stock Fiel. English Bradley Somer , New York (City) : St. Martin's Press , 2015 9717546 2015 single work novel

'A goldfish named Ian is falling from the 27th-floor balcony on which his fishbowl sits. He's longed for adventure, so when the opportunity arises, he escapes from his bowl, clears the balcony railing and finds himself airborne. Plummeting toward the street below, Ian witnesses the lives of the Seville on Roxy residents. There's the handsome grad student, his girlfriend, and the other woman; the construction worker who feels trapped by a secret; the building's super who feels invisible and alone; the pregnant woman on bed rest who craves a forbidden ice cream sandwich; the shut-in for whom dirty talk, and quiche, are a way of life; and home-schooled Herman, a boy who thinks he can travel through time. Though they share time and space, they have something even more important in common: each faces a decision that will affect the course of their lives. Within the walls of the Seville are stories of love, new life, and death, of facing the ugly truth of who one has been and the beautiful truth of who one can become. Sometimes taking a risk is the only way to move forward with our lives. As Ian the goldfish knows, 'An entire life devoted to a fishbowl will make one die an old fish with not one adventure had.' (Source: TROVE)

5 y separately published work icon Appleby's End Michael Innes , New York (City) : Dodd, Mead , 1945 Z1097367 1945 single work novel detective crime
6 8 y separately published work icon Midnight in Sicily Peter Robb , Potts Point : Duffy and Snellgrove , 1996 Z799413 1996 single work prose travel Peter Robb, who lived in southern Italy for 15 years, tells the story of Sicily, its opulent coasts, its stark interior, its extraordinary art and rich food, and its layers of culture from east and west. Sicily is also the home of the mafia, and Midnight in Sicily shows the grip of organised crime on daily life in Italy's south and the mafia's ties to government in Rome, following the career of Giulio Andreotti–seven times prime minister of Italy who at the time was appealing a conviction for conspiracy to murder, but has since been acquitted of the crime. The book moves from art to crime to food with tremendous narrative verve and a mass of surprising detail. (Source: Pan Macmillan Australia)
7 1 y separately published work icon Lament for a Maker Michael Innes , London : Gollancz , 1938 Z193618 1938 single work novel crime detective
4 50 y separately published work icon Oyster Janette Turner Hospital , London : Virago , 1996 Z230232 1996 single work novel Outer Maroo, a small opal mining town in the Australian outback, is stewing in heat, drought, and guilty anxiety. Some ghastly cataclysm has occurred on the opal fields, but this is a taboo subject. When, from time to time, strangers arrive looking for missing children, they mysteriously disappear. Until the day two strangers, on the trail of a missing son and a daughter, refuse to succumb to accidents. The repressed secrets begin to dislodge themselves. Once the walls against the past begin to come down, nothing can stop the avalanche. And at the heart of this mystery is the cult Messiah, Oyster, dressed in white, sexually compelling, and preaching the end of time.
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