num_pages: 276
description: STRAIGHT ...an insurance investigator recalled to his childhood home uncovers a body and ghosts from his past. BENT ...an unseen stranger confuses a crime writer with the characters who stalk the pages of his books. BARBARA VINE ...a conservator restoring a flood-damaged Venice crypt suspects that he's been implicated in a murder. Twelve dazzling stories by an award-winning author writing at the peak of his ability, introduced by an elegant testament to the writing process itself. The critics have said of Garry Disher's stories and 'deftness that takes the breath away' THE AUSTRALIAN 'precise, assured and resonant' THE AGE 'objects and situations glow with a mysterious inner menace' THE INDEPENDANT MONTHLY 'one of Australia's best and most innovative story writers' AUSTRALIAN BOOK REVIEW 'Disher is delivering the best crime fiction around' PETER CORRIS.
language: English
title: Straight, Bent, and Barbara Vine: Short stories
titlecomplete: Straight, Bent, and Barbara Vine: Short stories
ratings_count: 28
publisher: Allen & Unwin