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Sweeney and the Bicycles
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The scar on the back of Sweeney's head is shaped like an S. He is obsessed with the beauty of bicycles, which he steals after painting his face in astonishing shapes and patterns.
Asha Sen is the psychiatrist he begins to see for sessions. Then he meets sisters Rose and Heather, two look-alike women who'd rather be different.
Written with warmth and humour, this captivatingly original novel from the Miles Franklin shortlisted author Philip Salom opens us up to an intimate world of marvellous characters and unexpected developments. Trauma is balanced by the joys and weirdness of everyday life. Friendship and family just may be found in the unlikeliest of places.
Sweeney and the Bicycles promises a journey into a story laden with wit, sensitivity, and unpredictability.
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781925760996
Publisher: Transit Lounge Publishing
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 01 November 2022
Country: Australia
Imprint: Transit Lounge Publishing
Illustration: Illustrations
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 153.0mm
Height: 234.0mm
Weight: 0g
Pages: 408
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About the Author
Philip Salom lives in North Melbourne, Australia. In 2020 his novel The Returns was shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Award. His novel Waiting was also shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Award in 2017 and the Prime Minister's Award and the Victorian Premiers Prize. Toccata and Rain was shortlisted for the ALS Gold Medal and the WA Premiers Prize for Fiction, and Playback won the WA Premiers Prize for Fiction. His poetry books have twice won: the Commonwealth Poetry Book Prize in London and the Western Australia Premiers Prize for Poetry. In 2003 he won the Christopher Brennan Award, Australia's lifetime award for poets, acknowledging 'poetry of sustained quality and distinction'. His fourteenth collection Alterworld is a trilogy of Sky Poems, The Well Mouth and Alterworld three imagined worlds.
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