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'Life in all its richness is reflected in this superb new collection from one of Australia's most acclaimed short story writers. Love and loss, sex and death, and the great pleasures of food, wine and reading all populate its pages.
'Shooting the Fox is brimming with surprising characters - the virgin and the pornographer, the adulterer, the translator, the defecting diplomat - and the inconveniences of modernity. In the end, though, it is a collection of stories about happiness, its circuitous routes, its surprising outcomes, and the consequences when we fail in its pursuit.' (From the publisher's website.)
'Shooting the Fox is brimming with surprising characters - the virgin and the pornographer, the adulterer, the translator, the defecting diplomat - and the inconveniences of modernity. In the end, though, it is a collection of stories about happiness, its circuitous routes, its surprising outcomes, and the consequences when we fail in its pursuit.' (From the publisher's website.)
Notes
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Dedication: To Brenda and Rosie.
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Epigraph: We spend our years as a tale that is told. Psalm 90, 9.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Crows Nest,
North Sydney - Lane Cove area,
Sydney Northern Suburbs,
Sydney,
New South Wales,:Allen and Unwin
, 2011 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Shooting the Fox, single work short story (p. 1-18)
- Valiant, single work short story (p. 19-29)
- The White Peacock, single work short story (p. 30-42)
- A Grove of Olives, single work short story (p. 43-52)
- At the End of No Line, single work short story (p. 53-69)
- Bingle, single work short story (p. 70-84)
- Together Forever, single work short story (p. 85-95)
- What About the Spider..., single work short story (p. 96-106)
- It's the Cheroot, single work short story (p. 107-123)
- The Original is Unfaithful to the Translation, single work short story (p. 124-137)
- Polyhymnia, single work short story (p. 138-143)
- The Train Crossed a Bridge, single work short story (p. 144-152)
- Irregular Verbs, single work short story (p. 153-162)
- At the Pool, single work short story (p. 163-170)
- We Were Sitting in the Garden, single work short story (p. 171-180)
- The Club, single work short story (p. 181-185)
- Telling the Beads, single work short story (p. 186-196)
- A Scent of Geraniums, single work short story (p. 197-210)
- Epistles from Eden, single work short story (p. 211)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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What I’m Reading
2013
single work
column
— Appears in: Meanjin Online 2013; -
Untitled
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: Journal of Australian Studies , September vol. 36 no. 3 2012; (p. 393-394)
— Review of Shooting the Fox 2011 selected work short story -
The Year's Work in Fiction
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: Westerly , July vol. 57 no. 1 2012; (p. 137-152)
— Review of When We Have Wings 2011 single work novel ; Shooting the Fox 2011 selected work short story ; Sarah Thornhill 2011 single work novel ; The Waterboys 2011 single work novel ; Traitor 2010 single work novel ; Inherited 2011 selected work short story ; The Courier's New Bicycle 2011 single work novel ; That Deadman Dance 2010 single work novel ; The Street Sweeper 2011 single work novel ; Thought Crimes 2011 selected work short story ; Black Glass 2010 single work novel ; The Cook 2011 single work novel ; Wild History 1996 single work poetry ; A Common Loss 2011 single work novel -
Trouble in Eden : Marion Halligan’s Shooting the Fox
2012
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Kunapipi , vol. 34 no. 2 2012; (p. 184-190) 'Although the stories in Marion Halligan’s Shooting the Fox can be read independently, they also form an intricate whole where individual stories complement and reflect one another. A Garden of Eden, fruitful and safely enclosed until corruption and loss intervene, forms the book’s central motif. Language and communication are also important themes, as is the writer’s role in creating fictional worlds, where, serpent-like she introduces discord and betrayal to advance her narrative. Halligan’s opening story, gives the collection its name, establishing most of the book’s major ideas so that other stories appear to develop out of or relate back to it.' (Publication summary) -
LOve, Death and betrayal Distilled to Their Elemnts
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 30 - 31 July 2011; (p. 22)
— Review of Shooting the Fox 2011 selected work short story
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Untitled
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , May vol. 90 no. 8 2011; (p. 42)
— Review of Shooting the Fox 2011 selected work short story -
Short, and All That Sweeter for That
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 28 May 2011; (p. 25)
— Review of Shooting the Fox 2011 selected work short story -
Minds of Others
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June no. 332 2011; (p. 57)
— Review of Shooting the Fox 2011 selected work short story -
Well Read
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 11 June 2011; (p. 27)
— Review of Shooting the Fox 2011 selected work short story -
Behind Closed Doors
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 18 June 2011; (p. 24)
— Review of Shooting the Fox 2011 selected work short story -
At Play with Written Words
2011
single work
column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 18 June 2011; (p. 23-24) -
Trouble in Eden : Marion Halligan’s Shooting the Fox
2012
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Kunapipi , vol. 34 no. 2 2012; (p. 184-190) 'Although the stories in Marion Halligan’s Shooting the Fox can be read independently, they also form an intricate whole where individual stories complement and reflect one another. A Garden of Eden, fruitful and safely enclosed until corruption and loss intervene, forms the book’s central motif. Language and communication are also important themes, as is the writer’s role in creating fictional worlds, where, serpent-like she introduces discord and betrayal to advance her narrative. Halligan’s opening story, gives the collection its name, establishing most of the book’s major ideas so that other stories appear to develop out of or relate back to it.' (Publication summary) -
What I’m Reading
2013
single work
column
— Appears in: Meanjin Online 2013;
Awards
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