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'My dad, he collects broken things ... Where other people see junk he sees potential ... My dad collects broken people too ...

Vincent is nearly forty years old, with little to show for his life except his precious sixteen-year-old daughter, Gemma: sensitive, insightful and wise beyond her years.

When a stranger crashes her car outside Vincent and Gemma′s bush home, their lives take a dramatic turn. In an effort to help the stranded woman, father and daughter are drawn into a world of unexpected and life-changing consequences.

Darkness on the Edge of Town is a haunting tale that beguiles the reader with its deceptively simple prose, its gripping and unrelenting tensions, and its disturbing yet tender observations.' (Publisher's blurb)

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  • Dedication: For R

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Fourth Estate , 2012 .
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      Extent: 328p.
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      • Published 1 July 2012
      ISBN: 0732293197 (pbk.), 9780732293192 (pbk.), 9780730493853 (ebook)
Alternative title: Borderline
Language: French
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Actes Sud ,       2017 .
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      Extent: 288p.p.
      ISBN: 9782330072889
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Presumed Dead : Gothic Representations of the Missing Person in Contemporary Australian Literature Emma Doolan , 2016 single work criticism
— Appears in: Aeternum : The Journal of Contemporary Gothic Studies , vol. 3 no. 1 2016; (p. 1-15)

This article considers the ways contemporary Australian writers Sarah Armstrong (in Salt Rain, 2004) and Jessie Cole (in Darkness of the Edge of Town, 2012) use the Gothic to articulate the uncertainties of the state of being missing, representing the missing person as liminal in Victor Turner's sense, a kind of undead figure who mediates between the realm of the living and the realm of the dead.
Untitled Romy Ash , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , February no. 348 2013; (p. 64)
— Review of Darkness on the Edge of Town Jessie Cole , 2012 single work novel
A Year of Experimentation: Australian Fiction Moving On Nigel Krauth , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: Editor's Desk - 2013 2013; Westerly , June vol. 58 no. 1 2013; (p. 92-108)
Fiction Liliana Molina , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 8 - 9 September 2012; (p. 22)
— Review of Darkness on the Edge of Town Jessie Cole , 2012 single work novel
Fiction Elaine Fry , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 18 August 2012; (p. 21)
— Review of Darkness on the Edge of Town Jessie Cole , 2012 single work novel
New Australian Fiction Ed Wright , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 4-5 August 2012; (p. 20)
— Review of Fish-Hair Woman Merlinda Bobis , 2012 single work novel ; Darkness on the Edge of Town Jessie Cole , 2012 single work novel ; Thrill Seekers Edwina Shaw , 2011 single work novel ; Does It Hurt To Die Paul Anderson , 2011 single work novel
Take Three: Fiction Ian McFarlane , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Sunday Canberra Times , 5 August 2012; (p. 26)
— Review of The Beloved Annah Faulkner , 2011 single work novel ; Darkness on the Edge of Town Jessie Cole , 2012 single work novel ; Beneath the Darkening Sky Majok Tulba , 2012 single work novel
Well Read Katharine England , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 28 July 2012; (p. 23)
— Review of The Rest Is Weight : Stories Jennifer Mills , 2012 selected work short story ; Darkness on the Edge of Town Jessie Cole , 2012 single work novel
Fiction Elaine Fry , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 18 August 2012; (p. 21)
— Review of Darkness on the Edge of Town Jessie Cole , 2012 single work novel
Fiction Liliana Molina , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 8 - 9 September 2012; (p. 22)
— Review of Darkness on the Edge of Town Jessie Cole , 2012 single work novel
A Year of Experimentation: Australian Fiction Moving On Nigel Krauth , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: Editor's Desk - 2013 2013; Westerly , June vol. 58 no. 1 2013; (p. 92-108)
Presumed Dead : Gothic Representations of the Missing Person in Contemporary Australian Literature Emma Doolan , 2016 single work criticism
— Appears in: Aeternum : The Journal of Contemporary Gothic Studies , vol. 3 no. 1 2016; (p. 1-15)

This article considers the ways contemporary Australian writers Sarah Armstrong (in Salt Rain, 2004) and Jessie Cole (in Darkness of the Edge of Town, 2012) use the Gothic to articulate the uncertainties of the state of being missing, representing the missing person as liminal in Victor Turner's sense, a kind of undead figure who mediates between the realm of the living and the realm of the dead.
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