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    By R Frederick Finlayson

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    A novella exploring notions of colonial identity through reworking of various texts and newly created narrative drawing on numerical structures. Set in a mythical Western Australia.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherThe Room editions
    Release dateOct 29, 2022
    ISBN9798215258743
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