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# Recommended Australian fiction
## Coupled with thought excursions into poetry, fiction, history, aphorisms, pop psychology and beyond, Darling explores the life of a mind, rendering the experience of being inside the head of another – the self in the world – in a way that is both familiar and unfamiliar. ### Alison Huber, Readings head book buyer The follow-up to the acclaimed suburban dark comedy, Thunderhead, Miranda Darling's Fireweather is a whip smart novel about a woman clinging on to her sanity in a world that feels increasingly unfamiliar. The first 100 people who purchase a copy of Fireweather online or in our shops can receive a free hardback copy of Thunderhead. This offer is available while stock lasts.
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## Eerie, evocative and thrumming with tension ... This finely crafted debut is a dusty road you’ll take at speed, full of twists and turns, eager to reach the inevitable, looming conclusion. ### Tamuz Ellazam, Readings bookseller The Farm is a claustrophobic psychological thriller from an exciting new Australian voice.
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'Beautiful, vivid, [and] utterly gut-wrenching ... This book is tattooed on my mind as one of the best releases of the year.' – Aurelia Orr, Readings bookseller
'True Australian gothic, exploring the secrets buried in the oldest houses built during colonisation, with vivid imagery that’s beautiful yet unsettling.' – Bella Mackey, Readings bookseller
'an important book, and a reminder that we all need to read between the lines.' – Rosalind McClintock, Readings bookseller
'Asgari takes us through a reflection on the power of storytelling (both to others and oneself).' – Tamuz Ellazam, Readings bookseller
## Kirk’s hilarious and candid debut is ultimately about chasing your dreams, whatever they may look like, and not caring about anyone’s opinion but your own. ### Aurelia Orr, Readings bookseller Very Impressive for Your Age is a profoundly relatable debut novel about chasing your dreams and losing your ambition.
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