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A long-deserted drive-in, watching for a rerun of the single tale that may supply it existence; a baby who discovers his id in a photo hidden in his mom and dad' room ... Stephen Orr's tales are chuffed to allow you to in, yet now not out. In "Datsunland", his characters are outsiders peering into worlds they do not realize, or comprehend: an Indian general practitioner arriving within the outback, gaining knowledge of an uncomfortable fact in regards to the Australian dream; a relatives attempting to have their son's identify faraway from a good conflict cowards' record; a burdened youngster with a gun making an advert for an evangelical ministry. each one tale is decided in a spot the place, as Borges defined, "heaven and hell appear out of proportion". there's no effortless break out from the world's such a lot determined motor vehicle backyard, or the varsity with a mystery that permeates all yet one of many fourteen tales in "Datsunland". here's a glimpse of internal lives, love, the astonishment of being ourselves.

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