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Paul Horsfall Paul Horsfall i(A17367 works by)
Born: Established: Sydney, New South Wales, ;
Gender: Male
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Born and raised in the western suburbs of Sydney, Paul Horsfall won scholarships for his secondary schooling and his university education. He has worked in a variety of casual jobs - as a greenkeeper, a delivery boy and a factory hand - as well as in education and journalism. The Touchstone, his first novel, was short-listed for the Miles Franklin Award for 1996.

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y separately published work icon The Touchstone St Leonards : Allen and Unwin , 1995 Z447368 1995 single work novel "For nearly one hundred years Seymour Bazett has been burying 'treasures' in his backyard. His garden is full of the mementoes, keepsakes, trophies, experiences and sufferings that have made up his life. Now there is only one bit of gardening left to do - Seymour is about to bury himself. In digging his grave, however, he has unearthed some of his earlier burials. It is these objects that now conspire to tell the strange stories of how they came to be preserved. ... The Touchstone is peopled with eccentric characters and unlikely happenings tackling the minutiae of life, the grand passions of love and murder and the eternal issues of sex and death." (Book jacket)
1996 shortlisted Miles Franklin Literary Award
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