Ithaca in My Mind: Allen & Unwin shorts

By Peter Temple

A new short story by Peter Temple, award-winning crime fiction writer.

On a lazy summer morning, ageing author Vincent Duncan takes an unsettling phone call from his literary agent. Peter Temple indulges his humorous side in this scathingly brilliant portrayal of a writer past his peak.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Allen & Unwin
• Release date: May 1, 2012
• ISBN: 9781742698748

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Allen & Unwin brings you short stories from some of Australia’s most respected contemporary writers, published only in ebook format. For less than the price of a cup of coffee, try one over lunch, or on your way home!

Titles in the A&U Shorts program:

Georgia Blain, Mirrored

Tom Keneally, Blackberries

Alex Miller, Manuka

Peter Temple, Ithaca in My Mind

Christos Tsiolkas, Sticks, Stones

Charlotte Wood, Nanoparticles

Peter Temple, a former journalist, is an award-winning crime fiction writer. He is the first Australian to win a Golden Dagger, for The Broken Shore in 2007, and the only crime fiction author to have won the Miles Franklin, for Truth in 2010.

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First published in the Books Alive collection 10 Short Stories You Must Read This Year,

(The Australia Council, 2009)

This edition published in Australia and New Zealand by Allen & Unwin in 2012

Copyright © Peter Temple 2009

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