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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
Other Formats
- Braille.
Works about this Work
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Presumed Dead : Gothic Representations of the Missing Person in Contemporary Australian Literature
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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Untitled
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , February no. 348 2013; (p. 64)
— Review of Darkness on the Edge of Town 2012 single work novel -
A Year of Experimentation: Australian Fiction Moving On
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: Westerly , June vol. 58 no. 1 2013; (p. 92-108) -
Fiction
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 8 - 9 September 2012; (p. 22)
— Review of Darkness on the Edge of Town 2012 single work novel -
Fiction
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 18 August 2012; (p. 21)
— Review of Darkness on the Edge of Town 2012 single work novel
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New Australian Fiction
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 4-5 August 2012; (p. 20)
— Review of Fish-Hair Woman 2012 single work novel ; Darkness on the Edge of Town 2012 single work novel ; Thrill Seekers 2011 single work novel ; Does It Hurt To Die 2011 single work novel -
Take Three: Fiction
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: Sunday Canberra Times , 5 August 2012; (p. 26)
— Review of The Beloved 2011 single work novel ; Darkness on the Edge of Town 2012 single work novel ; Beneath the Darkening Sky 2012 single work novel -
Well Read
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 28 July 2012; (p. 23)
— Review of The Rest Is Weight : Stories 2012 selected work short story ; Darkness on the Edge of Town 2012 single work novel -
Fiction
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 18 August 2012; (p. 21)
— Review of Darkness on the Edge of Town 2012 single work novel -
Fiction
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 8 - 9 September 2012; (p. 22)
— Review of Darkness on the Edge of Town 2012 single work novel -
A Year of Experimentation: Australian Fiction Moving On
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: Westerly , June vol. 58 no. 1 2013; (p. 92-108) -
Presumed Dead : Gothic Representations of the Missing Person in Contemporary Australian Literature
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.
Awards
- 2013 longlisted Kibble Literary Awards — Nita May Dobbie Award
- 2013 shortlisted ASAL Awards — ALS Gold Medal