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'In Thought Crimes, Tim Richards takes the reader on a mind-bending ride through a world where nothing is quite as it seems. The lives these stories describe are almost ordinary - but an ambush lurks around every corner.
'A novice teacher accepts a job at an unconventional high school where students take 'self-expression' to odd and disturbing lengths.
'In a trendy beachside suburb, suspiciously perfect babies start appearing on young couples' doorsteps.
'A visitor from the future shakes the life out of a small Australian town.
'Blackly funny and irresistibly twisted, these stories peek behind the everyday appearance of things to explore unspoken fears and desires. Destined to become a cult classic, Thought Crimes is a one-way trip through the looking glass.' (From the publisher's website.)
'A novice teacher accepts a job at an unconventional high school where students take 'self-expression' to odd and disturbing lengths.
'In a trendy beachside suburb, suspiciously perfect babies start appearing on young couples' doorsteps.
'A visitor from the future shakes the life out of a small Australian town.
'Blackly funny and irresistibly twisted, these stories peek behind the everyday appearance of things to explore unspoken fears and desires. Destined to become a cult classic, Thought Crimes is a one-way trip through the looking glass.' (From the publisher's website.)
Notes
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Epigraph:
You got stuck in the mud of life.
You felt warm and cosy. (Sharply)
Now you're going to freeze.
-Marguerite
Exit the King Eugene Ionesco
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Collingwood,
Fitzroy - Collingwood area,
Melbourne - North,
Melbourne,
Victoria,:Black Inc.
, 2011 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- (Favoured by) Babies, single work short story
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Large print.
Works about this Work
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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 -
A Worthy Mirror of Reality : Tim Richards' Thought Crimes
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Verity La , August 2011;
— Review of Thought Crimes 2011 selected work short story -
Whispering Death
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 334 2011; (p. 27)
— Review of Thought Crimes 2011 selected work short story -
Fictional Footholds in the Cliffs of Raw Experience
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 3 - 4 August 2011; (p. 26)
— Review of Thought Crimes 2011 selected work short story ; Violin Lessons 2011 selected work prose -
Cover Notes
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 21 August 2011; (p. 21)
— Review of Thought Crimes 2011 selected work short story ; RPM 2011 single work novel
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In Short : Fiction
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 6-7 August 2011; (p. 36)
— Review of Thought Crimes 2011 selected work short story ; Cargo 2011 single work novel ; A Break in the Chain : The Early Kozminskys 2011 single work novel -
Unpredictable Imaginings
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 13 August 2011; (p. 35)
— Review of Thought Crimes 2011 selected work short story -
Take Three : Fiction
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Sunday Canberra Times , 14 August 2011; (p. 26)
— Review of Thought Crimes 2011 selected work short story ; To Silence : Three Autobiographies 2011 selected work single work short story -
Fiction Reviews
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 13 - 14 August 2011; (p. 24)
— Review of Thought Crimes 2011 selected work short story -
Cover Notes
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 21 August 2011; (p. 21)
— Review of Thought Crimes 2011 selected work short story ; RPM 2011 single work novel
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