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'In-human is a snarling, glittering creation, a funny, yet disturbing story of transformation set in Oatlands, Tasmania. The irrepressible Sally Hunter is turning into a werewolf. As a string of killings takes place we are drawn into her sensual, visceral and highly charged world. The way she embraces her change into a powerful beast challenges us to confront our own lusts and capacities for violence, while the small town setting and the people in Sally's world ring with a disarming truth.
Dusk's bone-deep understanding of her characters, and the chilling narrative set in motion a complex fugue of memory and confrontation that builds to a shattering climax. Described as a cross between Catcher in the Rye and Buffy, this is a heady mix of horror and reality. Dark, poignant and oddly affecting, In-human is destined to make waves and attract fans.' (From the publisher's website.)
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Dedication: For Lisa Mary, Eddie and Leroy
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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In the Slipstream
2015
single work
essay
— Appears in: Overland [Online] , November 2015; -
The Silver Age of Fiction
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Meanjin , Summer vol. 70 no. 4 2011; (p. 110-115)‘In human reckoning, Golden Ages are always already in the past. The Greek poet Hesiod, in Works and Days, posited Five Ages of Mankind: Golden, Silver, Bronze, Heroic and Iron (Ovid made do with four). Writing in the Romantic period, Thomas Love Peacock (author of such now almost forgotten novels as Nightmare Abbey, 1818) defined The Four Ages of Poetry (1820) in which their order was Iron, Gold, Silver and Bronze. To the Golden Age, in their archaic greatness, belonged Homer and Aeschylus. The Silver Age, following it, was less original, but nevertheless 'the age of civilised life'. The main issue of Peacock's thesis was the famous response that he elicited from his friend Shelley - Defence of Poetry (1821).’ (Publication abstract)
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Hype, Hairy, Horny, Hope
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian Literary Review , May vol. 5 no. 4 2010; (p. 19)
— Review of Beautiful Malice 2010 single work novel ; In-Human 2010 single work novel ; Love Machine 2010 single work novel ; The Legacy 2010 single work novel -
Off the Shelf : Fiction
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 1 May 2010; (p. 30)
— Review of In-Human 2010 single work novel -
Untitled
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , March vol. 89 no. 6 2010; (p. 35)
— Review of In-Human 2010 single work novel
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Untitled
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , March vol. 89 no. 6 2010; (p. 35)
— Review of In-Human 2010 single work novel -
Off the Shelf : Fiction
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 1 May 2010; (p. 30)
— Review of In-Human 2010 single work novel -
Hype, Hairy, Horny, Hope
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian Literary Review , May vol. 5 no. 4 2010; (p. 19)
— Review of Beautiful Malice 2010 single work novel ; In-Human 2010 single work novel ; Love Machine 2010 single work novel ; The Legacy 2010 single work novel -
The Silver Age of Fiction
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Meanjin , Summer vol. 70 no. 4 2011; (p. 110-115)‘In human reckoning, Golden Ages are always already in the past. The Greek poet Hesiod, in Works and Days, posited Five Ages of Mankind: Golden, Silver, Bronze, Heroic and Iron (Ovid made do with four). Writing in the Romantic period, Thomas Love Peacock (author of such now almost forgotten novels as Nightmare Abbey, 1818) defined The Four Ages of Poetry (1820) in which their order was Iron, Gold, Silver and Bronze. To the Golden Age, in their archaic greatness, belonged Homer and Aeschylus. The Silver Age, following it, was less original, but nevertheless 'the age of civilised life'. The main issue of Peacock's thesis was the famous response that he elicited from his friend Shelley - Defence of Poetry (1821).’ (Publication abstract)
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In the Slipstream
2015
single work
essay
— Appears in: Overland [Online] , November 2015;
- Oatlands, Southern Midlands, Midlands, Tasmania,
