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Matthews"}, {"type": {"key": "/type/toc_item"}, "pagenum": "299", "class": "part", "title": "Reading the Signs by Laurie Clancy"}, {"type": {"key": "/type/toc_item"}, "pagenum": "305", "class": "part", "title": "The White Peacock by Marion Halligan"}, {"type": {"key": "/type/toc_item"}, "pagenum": "314", "class": "part", "title": "The Easy Way Out by Patrick Cullen"}, {"type": {"key": "/type/toc_item"}, "pagenum": "319", "class": "part", "title": "In That Crowded Minute, That's Where It Began by Davina Bell"}, {"type": {"key": "/type/toc_item"}, "pagenum": "327", "class": "part", "title": "Gulag by Shane Strange"}, {"type": {"key": "/type/toc_item"}, "pagenum": "333", "class": "part", "title": "I Am So Sweet and Truthful and Once I Was Betrayed by Maree Dawes"}, {"type": {"key": "/type/toc_item"}, "pagenum": "335", "class": "part", "title": "When You Hold Me ... (The Bra Monologues) by Beth Spencer"}, {"type": {"key": "/type/toc_item"}, "pagenum": "339", "class": "part", "title": "Purchase by John Kinsella"}, {"type": {"key": "/type/toc_item"}, "pagenum": "347", "class": "part", "title": "The Plumber by Tracy Crisp"}, {"type": {"key": "/type/toc_item"}, "pagenum": "355", "class": "part", "title": "Publication Details"}, {"type": {"key": "/type/toc_item"}, "pagenum": "359", "class": "part", "title": "Notes on Contributors"}], "description": "From Black Inc's website: \"In this seductively diverse collection, Robert Drewe has assembled the country's best short fiction of the past year. Here are sparkling stories from established favourites, alongside exciting new work from a younger generation. Some are whimsical, some wry, and some devastatingly realistic; there is love, grief, murder, tenderness and revenge. Drawn from all over the country and spanning a remarkable range of styles, Best Australian Stories showcases Australia's most vibrant contemporary writing. As Robert Drewe says, \u2018Don't let anyone tell you the Australian short story is dead. It's thriving.'\"", "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2009-06-23T20:39:49.763317"}, "title": "The Best Australian Stories 2007", "contributions": ["Edited by Robert Drewe"], "created": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2009-06-23T20:19:34.047161"}, "pagination": "400pp", "id": 34251010, "isbn_13": ["9781863954181"], "subjects": ["Australia", "Short Stories"], "latest_revision": 3, "key": "/b/OL23406723M", "publish_date": "November, 2007", "publish_places": ["Melbourne, Victoria"], "type": {"key": "/type/edition"}, "uris": ["http://www.blackincbooks.com/books/best-australian-stories-2007", "http://www.theage.com.au/news/book-reviews/the-best-australian-stories-2007/2007/12/07/1196813007814.html"], "first_sentence": {"type": "/type/text", "value": "As I write this, I'm surrounded by short stories."}, "revision": 3}