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LOVE STORIES

Trent Dalton, Fourth Estate, $34.99

hen a mate's mother bequeathed Trent Dalton an Olivetti Studio 44 typewriter, the esteemed author and journalist was inspired to set up shop in the middle of Brisbane's CBD inviting passersby to tell him their love stories. The result is a magnificent, funny, poignant anthology of tales. Some with names changed for legal reasons, but true stories nonetheless. The tears started rolling on page two with Trent's own explanation of the secret to

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