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The Comfort of Figs

Closer to Stone by Simon Cleary

May 5, 2012 / Angela Meyer (LiteraryMinded) / Leave a comment

UQP, March 2012 9780702239229  (buy paperback)  A few years ago I read and enjoyed The Comfort of Figs by Simon Cleary, and I was excited to receive his new book Closer to Stone in the mail. It's about a young Australian man who travels to Northern Africa in the mid '90s in search of his missing brother. As I … Continue reading Closer to Stone by Simon Cleary

The Comfort of Figs by Simon Cleary

December 16, 2008May 5, 2012 / Angela Meyer (LiteraryMinded) / 3 Comments

9780702236433, UQP, 2008 (Australia) This book opens in the past, with the sight of a body falling from a bridge. In the present, Robert O'Hara makes small gestures - planting fig trees, comforting his distraught girlfriend after an attack on them both, easing his way into an old man's life to learn the secrets of his own … Continue reading The Comfort of Figs by Simon Cleary

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