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Hugh Graham captures the passage of years, the progression of accumulation and recurrence, the present as dammed up history. Without warning, a world on the road to epiphany. And that world, threatened with disaster. Figures emerge, often from twilight. Children who do not fear death, travelers doomed to inertia, concupiscent women, bloody-minded intellectuals, haunted drunks, decaying diplomats, and Death as the man in the attic room. In the end, the gaze of a child become a man. Eleven stories of clarity and dark empathy.

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Graham excels at writing about the common circumstances of individuals in clear, truthful ways. His prose is like a deep wound wrapped in the gauze that is our shared and common predicament." —Austin Clarke, winner of the Giller, Commonwealth, Trillium and Writers’ Trust prizes

"A truly decisive and impressive collection of stories that breaks away from the contemporary formulas of story writing." —Leon Rooke, author and winner of the Governor General’s Award

Last Words: Stories

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      Publisher: Exile Editions
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 30/10/2015
      ISBN13: 9781550964868, 978-1550964868
      ISBN10: 1550964860
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Hugh Graham captures the passage of years, the progression of accumulation and recurrence, the present as dammed up history. Without warning, a world on the road to epiphany. And that world, threatened with disaster. Figures emerge, often from twilight. Children who do not fear death, travelers doomed to inertia, concupiscent women, bloody-minded intellectuals, haunted drunks, decaying diplomats, and Death as the man in the attic room. In the end, the gaze of a child become a man. Eleven stories of clarity and dark empathy.

      Trade Review
      Graham excels at writing about the common circumstances of individuals in clear, truthful ways. His prose is like a deep wound wrapped in the gauze that is our shared and common predicament." —Austin Clarke, winner of the Giller, Commonwealth, Trillium and Writers’ Trust prizes

      "A truly decisive and impressive collection of stories that breaks away from the contemporary formulas of story writing." —Leon Rooke, author and winner of the Governor General’s Award

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