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The Sound of One Hand Clapping

The Sound of One Hand Clapping

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Richard Flanagan

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Sunflower

Jan 09, 2009 Sunflower rated it liked it

Shelves: fiction-read-2009

There is no Zen in this book, in fact I don't think the title fits at all. A depressing tale, rich in detail, and told from the point of view of the daughter, it is the story of a family's move to Tasmania for the grim life of work on dam construction, and how life was in the workmen's camps. ...more

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