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quotes#112231 Six Pack Two
There was a tiny weatherboard house, a boat pulled up on the sand below it, and a long fishing line strung out on poles into the estuary. Beside the house, in a clearing striped with sunlight, the air warm and still and dusty, was a wooden picnic table, at which a fat woman was reading a book. A small boy in yellow togs decorated with skulls and crossbones waded out of the water and ran towards he, cannoning into her side; she dropped her book and pushed him away, sayin ...more
There was a tiny weatherboard house, a boat pulled up on the sand below it, and a long fishing line strung out on poles into the estuary. Beside the house, in a clearing striped with sunlight, the air warm and still and dusty, was a wooden picnic table, at which a fat woman was reading a book. A small boy in yellow togs decorated with skulls and crossbones waded out of the water and ran towards he, cannoning into her side; she dropped her book and pushed him away, sayin ...more
The Six Pack Two is easily my favourite out of the three Six Packs published so far, with none of the six stories disappointing.
'In the back of a VW' fantastically captures the experience of an intellectually blossoming kiwi teenage girl.
'Kathy and Tim' is a sweet tale of a last shot at love.
'The Yard Broom' is dripping with atmosphere and the despair of a rural backwater town.
'Foodbanquet' is my favourite of this collection, a delicious political satire of the new right.
'Scout's honour' describ ...more
'In the back of a VW' fantastically captures the experience of an intellectually blossoming kiwi teenage girl.
'Kathy and Tim' is a sweet tale of a last shot at love.
'The Yard Broom' is dripping with atmosphere and the despair of a rural backwater town.
'Foodbanquet' is my favourite of this collection, a delicious political satire of the new right.
'Scout's honour' describ ...more
