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In a run-down shack in a godforsaken town on the edge of the Gibson Desert an old circus family has come to rest. Tarcisius the 100 year-old father, once ringmaster of the Queen Pigmy Circus, lies dying on the verandah. The vindictive matriarch Magnolita Rosaria, famous in her youth as Soto the Flying Lady, and now so fat she cannot walk, rules their three sons. The oldest is a soldier, an arsonist and murderer, the second a hell-fire preacher, a lecher and a thief. The third has a daughter, Trinity, who inherits Magnolita Rosaria's skills as an acrobat and sets the circus world alight. Her grandmother's hatred knows no bounds…
With this baroque tale of family cruelty and revenge, bred in the circus ring, and told by a one-eyed spruiker with a parrot perched on his head, Catherine Rey appears on the Australian scene fully formed as an author, with a voice that is rich, extravagant, dark, and compelling in its intensity.
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Giramondo Publishing Company, Artarmon, NSW, 2005
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Trade Paperback. 1st Edition. Very Good condition. 249 pages. Originally published in France as the Ce Que Racontait Jones, it was awarded the Prix de la societe des gens et lettres, and shortlisted for both the Prix Femina and Prix Renaudot. Translated by Andrew Reimer. 1st English Language Edition. Seller Inventory # 327275
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Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Size: 8"- 9" Tall. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Australian Fiction; ISBN: 1920882073. ISBN/EAN: 9781920882075. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 006851. Seller Inventory # 006851
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