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Randall Longmire

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April 20, 1973 in Adelaide, Australia

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September 2009


About this author

Randall has been writing for over 10 years and has produced three hard-hitting crime novels.
His second novel Static was shortlisted for Best Novel in the 2005 Ned Kelly Awards.
He is currently studying a BA with a double major in writing.


I sat on the train with a work colleague the other day and she commented about how long I'd been reading my book. Ok, it was Steve Toltz's Fraction of a Whole, an almost 700 page odyssey with small print, so it was understandably taking me some time to get through it. Coupled with this I'm a father and husband juggling all this with study and a full time career, so I don't always have the time... read more »
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Published on November 01, 2010 04:27 • 75 views
Average rating: 4.33 · 3 ratings · 1 review · 3 distinct works
Elephant Speak
4.5 of 5 stars 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2002
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Of Poisoned Minds
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2009
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Static
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Creating Success (Drama)
1 chapters   —   updated Oct 24, 2009 09:26pm
Description: Sarah is a fashion designer and buys a drawing to create a show stealing dress. This brings her trouble but there may be a twist in this yarn...
The Vowel Thief (Humor)
1 chapters   —   updated Oct 15, 2009 03:25am
Description: The attached piece uses a strategy that draws from the French avant-garde movement called Oulipo which experimented with a writing constraint called the Lipogram. Effectively I've excluded the letter ‘A’.
12 Items or Less (Humor)
1 chapters   —   updated Oct 15, 2009 03:11am
Description: Short story with a lesson in attention to detail
My Last Kill (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
1 chapters   —   updated Oct 05, 2009 02:55am
Description: My experimentation with Science Fiction
The Angels Weep
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I sat on the train with a work colleague the other day and she commented about how long I'd been reading my book. Ok, it was Steve Toltz's Fraction... read more »
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The Angels Weep by Wilbur A. Smith
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A Fraction of the Whole by Steve Toltz
A Fraction of the Whole
by Steve Toltz
read in October, 2010
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A great epic of a novel. Toltz has the ability to sketch such deep, likeable characters that stay with you long after the story.
Don't let the size of this tome put you off reading this great book. It is such a page turner you will be begging for more...more
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Dead Europe by Christos Tsiolkas
Dead Europe
by Christos Tsiolkas
read in July, 2010
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Ok, if you like your writing raw and confronting Tsiolkas is your man. A haunting return to Europe, a stalking demon and blood lust (the toilet scene on the train almost made me lose my breakfast) weave their way through your senses, strangle your se...more
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Joe Cinque's Consolation, A True Story of Death, Grief and th... by Helen Garner
Joe Cinque's Consolation, A True Story of Death, Grief and the Law
by Helen Garner
recommended to Randall Longmire by: rlongmire@netspace.net.au
read in September, 2010
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Garner leaves you angry with Australian justice system when two girls can get away with the murder of an innocent young man who had his whole life ahead of him. Regardless of Joe Cinque's disposition (his girlfriend claimed he was controlling) he did...more
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Deception Point by Dan Brown
Deception Point
by Dan Brown
read in October, 2010
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The Riders by Tim Winton
The Riders
by Tim Winton
read in May, 2009
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Angels and Demons by Dan Brown
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A thrill ride I found hard to put down. If you can take this story with a grain of salt and understand it's fiction you will thoroughly enjoy it.
Robert Langdon is not totally believable and Dan Brown's writing at times frustartes as he drags the susp...more
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Salt by Gabrielle Lord
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