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Charles Hall, Summer’s gone (Review)

March 29, 2015September 5, 2016 / Whispering Gums / 26 Comments

When Western Australian writer Craig Silvey set his coming-of-age novel Jasper Jones in the 1960s I was a bit surprised, as Silvey himself did not grow up in that era. I'm not so surprised, though, about Charles Hall's debut novel Summer's gone as Hall did grow up in the 1960s. The novel is, from my … Continue reading Charles Hall, Summer’s gone (Review)

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