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Luke Horton's novel The Fogging opens with a panic attack. Tom, the book's protagonist, begins to tremble and sweat when the flight he is on — from Melbourne to Denpasar —hits turbulence. Tom is travelling with his long-term girlfriend, Clara, on a holiday they have organised more out of duty than from any real desire for travel, having booked their flights to use up his mother's Frequent Flyer points.The turbulence wakes Tom's 'ringing nerves' and anxiety starts 'chewing his inside?, making him 'shimmer' and 'pulse'. He panics, or comes close to panicking, a number of times throughout the novel. Horton's handling of this — directly, sensorially, compassionately — is remarkable. Tom's panic attacks are always vivid and bodily, and they always feel true to life. It's rare to see this achieved so well in fiction.' (Introduction) 
 

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    y separately published work icon Australian Book Review no. 423 August 2020 19766634 2020 periodical issue

    'Welcome to the August issue of ABR – an unusually long issue full of reviews, literary news, and creative writing, including the three stories shortlisted in the ABR Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize, to be announced on August 13. Our shortlisted authors are C.J. Garrow, Simone Hollander, and Mykaela Saunders. Happily, the Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund – a long-time supporter of ABR – has enabled us to expand our commentary material with a most welcome grant. This month we lead with a major article by historian Georgina Arnott on the legacies of British slavery and their implications for Australia. James Ley laments the federal governments vendetta against the arts, the ABC, and the humanities. And Kieran Pender writes about the legal profession’s #MeToo moment in the wake of the Dyson Heydon revelations.' (Publication introduction)

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