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Randolph Stow

Randolph Stow, in full Julian Randolph Stow, Australian novelist and poet noted for his economical style and great powers of description. Stow’s first novel, A Haunted Land (1956), a wild, almost Gothic tale, appeared in the same year that he graduated from the University of Western Australia. Among Stow’s books of poetry are Act One (1957), Outrider (1962), and A Counterfeit Silence (1969). He also published Poetry from Australia (1969) with Judith Wright and William Hart-Smith.

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Title:

The Suburbs of Hell

Written by:

Randolph Stow 

Read by:

Humphrey Bower 

Format:

Unabridged CD Audio Book 

Number of CDs:

5 

Duration:

5 hours 58 minutes 

Published:

September 28 2016 

Available Date:

September 28 2016 

Age Category:

Adult 

ISBN:

9781489359421 

Genres:

Fiction; Australian Fiction; Crime & Thriller 

Publisher:

Bolinda audio 

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AUD$ 39.95

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Western Australian author

‘[A] murder mystery and a meditation on the random depredations of death.’
Australian Book Review

The final work of one of Australia’s greatest writers.

'His eyes are on the one eye of the rifle. His mouth splits open his brown beard. He throws up a hand, palm outward, in an unwilled, futile gesture to ward off death.' A killer is hounding the seaside town of Old Tornwich. Residents are gripped by fear and suspicion, and the finger of blame is pointed in all directions. But the bodies keep falling and the crimes remain unsolved, the culprit at large. No mere whodunnit, The Suburbs of Hell – its story inspired by a real-life serial killer – is a profoundly disturbing psychological drama with a devastating conclusion, the final work of one of Australia’s greatest writers.

‘Poetic accuracy is only one aspect of a rich talent…Mr Stow has a narrative gift as well…He is, in fact a real novelist.’
The Observer