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Monday, November 30, 2009

30 Ways of Looking at Marumaru South: (30) The Man in the Lighthouse

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The man in the lighthouse leads a monastic existence but does not believe. He does not appear to age as others do. Few have heard him speak....
Sunday, November 29, 2009

30 Ways of Looking at Marumaru South: (29) The School Teacher

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The school teacher was in the car when Jill Tunnecliffe died. While in hospital, her class made her get-well-soon cards: plenty of smiling s...
Saturday, November 28, 2009

30 Ways of Looking at Marumaru South: (28) The Beneficiary

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The beneficiary wonders what happened to all the jobs. In days gone by he might’ve been a door-to-door encyclopaedia salesman (damn internet...
Friday, November 27, 2009

30 Ways of Looking at Marumaru South: (27) The Newborn Baby

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The newborn baby is a girl, though this doesn't mean a lot to her yet. She has the vet's wild, darting eyes. To her father she has...
Thursday, November 26, 2009

30 Ways of Looking at Marumaru South: (26) The Tin Bum

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The tin bum doesn't win everything, that would be impossible. But she takes home more than her fair share of spot prizes and meat-packs...
Wednesday, November 25, 2009

30 Ways of Looking at Marumaru South: (25) The Restaurateur

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The restaurateur is known as Pino, though that was the previous owner’s name. He's not Italian, just on the hairy side. When he bought...
Tuesday, November 24, 2009

30 Ways of Looking at Marumaru South: (24) The Potter

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The potter is preparing for her third Christmas parade. She inherited her father’s Santa suit and it seemed only right she took his role as...
Monday, November 23, 2009

30 Ways of Looking at Marumaru South: (23) The Sunday Driver

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The Sunday driver's car is in the shop. Restless, he tells his wife he’s going for a walk; she prefers to stay and do another load of wa...
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Craig Cliff
I am a writer of fiction, mostly.

My short story collection, A MAN MELTING, won the 2011 Commonwealth Writers Prize Best First Book.

My novel THE MANNEQUIN MAKERS was published in 2013 in Australia and New Zealand, a Romanian translation came out in 2016, the US edition came out at the end of 2017 and the UK edition dropped in 2019.

My latest book is NAILING DOWN THE SAINT, a novel about fatherhood, Hollywood and levitation (Vintage, August 2019).
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