Last Days of Ava Langdon
By Mark O'Flynn
4/5
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Mark O'Flynn
Mark O’Flynn was born in Melbourne and now lives in the Blue Mountains. After studying at the Victorian College of the Arts, and working for a number of years in the theatre where he produced several plays, Mark turned to fiction and poetry. He has published three poetry collections and a novella, CAPTAIN COOK (Pascoe, 1987). Mark's first full-length novel, GRASSDOGS, was published in 2006 after he participated in the HarperCollins Varuna Manuscript Development Program. His short stories, articles, reviews, and poems have appeared in a wide range of journals and magazines both here and overseas.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I liked this book very much, in fact I was disappointed when it finished. I love Katoomba (where the story is set), so i could picture with affection all the places mentioned. My great aunt was a similar sort of character to Ava Langdon, so that also provided appeal, coupled with my own decline into aged craziness. Moreover, the subject of family relationships - and what goes wrong with them - is a constant theme in my reading. Actually, that's where the book fell down a little, I think. Why did the Vladimir come looking for his mother? What was really happening between mother and son? I don't need answers, but I would have loved more exploration - even maybe flashbacks to years gone by?