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The promise / Tony Birch.

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Shelf Location	Collection	Volume Ref.	Branch	Status	Due Date
AF BIRC	Adult Fiction		Campsie .	. Available .

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Field name	Details
ISBN	9780702249990 (paperback)
Name	Birch, Tony, 1957- author.
Title	The promise / Tony Birch.
Published	St Lucia, Queensland : University of Queensland Press, 2014.
Description	221 pages ; 20 cm.
Contents	China -- The toecutters -- Refuge of sinners -- The ghost of Hank Williams -- After Rachel -- Sticky fingers -- The promise -- The lovers -- Distance -- The money shot -- Snare -- Keeping good company.
Summary	In this breathtaking new work, Tony Birch affirms his position as on of Australia's finest writers of short-form fiction. Using his unflinching creative gaze, he ponders love and loss and faith. A trio of amateur thieves are left in charge of a baby moments before a heist. A group of boys compete in the final of a marbles tournament, only to ind their biggest challenge was the opponent they didn't see coming. Two young friends find a submerged car in their local swimming hole and become obsessed by the mystery of the driver's identity.
Subjects	Thieves -- Fiction
	Competition -- Fiction
	Detective and mystery stories
	Friendship -- Fiction
	Short stories
Genre	Short stories
Links to Related Works	Subject References: Competition -- Fiction . Detective and mystery stories . Friendship -- Fiction . Short stories . Thieves -- Fiction . See Also: Fiction . Authors: Birch, Tony, 1957- .