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Barking Dogs
by Rebekah Clarkson

Reviewed by
Alan Vaarwerk, Jan 2017

Set in Mount Barker, a once-sleepy country town now enveloped by Adelaide’s urban sprawl, Rebekah Clarkson’s Barking Dogs brings together multiple stories and perspectives to form a vivid snapshot of the town and its people, their anxieties and private tragedies…

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