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	1	Hospital, Janette Turner Oyster Virago Press July 3, 1997 1-86049-163-4 / 9781860491634 Paperback Near Fine This story of a cult messiah, Oyster, is set in an outback opal mining town in Queensland. The novel attempts to explore the clash of extreme cultural differences - the nature of evil, the relationship between good and evil a nd the question of individual accountability. Price: 500.00 JPY
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	2	Hospital, Janette Turner The Last Magician Univ of Queensland Pr December 1992 0-7022-2440-5 / 9780702224409 Paperback Near Fine In this mesmerizing study of the effects of a dark secret on the people who must live with it, the author of Charades proves herself a magician with w ords and narrative structure. Moreover, she seems to have an artificer's sk ill for re-creating her fictional approach each time out: each of her novel s is different from the others in theme, tone and method. The constants are her impeccable, sensuous prose and her fiercely intelligent imagination. S et in the rain forest near Brisbane and in the city of Sydney, in Hospital' s native Australia, the narrative slowly unwinds in elliptical scenes and o blique references, like photos in which the subject is blurred but discerni ble, and will gradually come into focus. The "last magician" is Charlie Cha ng, a photographer and filmmaker who devotes himself to unraveling the puzz le at the heart of this tale. Twenty-five years ago, he was one of four chi ldren who witnessed the death of a fifth. One of them caused the event; bla ndly amoral, narcissistic and seemingly without guilt, Robinson Gray is now a famous judge, "Australia's golden boy." Charlie and the others--one woma n named Catherine and another named Cat--remain emotionally maimed. The jud ge's son and the woman who loves him become catalysts in reopening the dram a and are sucked into the whirlpool of evil it again sets in motion. Hospit al enriches her story with allusions ranging from Virgil and Dante to James Joyce and Christina Stead. She offers crackling social commentary as she c ontrasts the lives of the homeless squatters (who live underneath Sydney's streets in a warren of caverns and tunnels called "the quarry") with the cr Price: 500.00 JPY
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