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Ben Peek

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Ben Peek is the controversial and critically acclaimed Sydney based author of Twenty-Six Lies/One Truth, Black Sheep, Above/Below and the upcoming collection, Dead Americans. He holds a doctorate in literature and splits his time between teaching and writing.

His first novel, Twenty-Six Lies/One Truth, had Rave Magazine say, “Ben Peek [has] joined the ranks of writers to realise dressing up their memoirs as a novel is less interesting that writing an actual autobiography with Twenty-Six Lies/One Truth....” Originally published by Wheatland Press, the series of alphabetical entries lists author hoaxes whilst also is an actual autobiography. His second novel, Black Sheep, was reviewed by Paul DiFillipo who said Ben Peek “crafts a quietly horri...more




Cabramatta, one of Sydney's suburbs more favoured by local media. You can, according to them, find a lot there, from gangs, drugs, illegal immigrants, prostitution, and so on and so forth. It's a border town, an edge of the larger city uncontrolled.

It probably doesn't surprise you to learn that it's nothing like that.

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Published on May 29, 2012 17:14
Average rating: 3.58 · 233 ratings · 68 reviews · 11 distinct works
Twenty-Six Lies/One Truth
3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2006
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Black Sheep
3.0 of 5 stars 3.00 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2007
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3.39 of 5 stars 3.39 avg rating — 136 ratings — published 2008 — 3 editions
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Sprawl
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4.31 of 5 stars 4.31 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions
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Leviathan 4: Cities
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3.65 of 5 stars 3.65 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2004 — 2 editions
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Above & Below
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3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2011
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Last Drink Bird Head
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3.45 of 5 stars 3.45 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2009 — 3 editions
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3.5 of 5 stars 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2003
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3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2011
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Cabramatta, one of Sydney's suburbs more favoured by local media. You can, according to them, find a lot there, from gangs, drugs, illegal immigran... read more »
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Drinking Coffee Elsewhere by Z.Z. Packer
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Horrible Imaginings by Fritz Leiber
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Smoke Ghost  & Other Apparitions by Fritz Leiber
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The Black Gondolier and Other Stories by Fritz Leiber
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The Ghost Light by Fritz Leiber
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The Dealings of Daniel Kesserich by Fritz Leiber
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Changewar by Fritz Leiber
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Dangerous Visions by Harlan Ellison
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A Spectre Is Haunting Texas by Fritz Leiber
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