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In Between Days - Andrew Porter

In Between Days

By: Andrew Porter

Paperback | 26 September 2012 | Edition Number 1

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Elson is drinking to numb the pain of his broken marriage. His ex-wife lies in a stranger's bed, lonely and waiting for dawn. Their son Richard, a young gay poet, is stunted by a fear of artistic failure. And then there is Chloe. The daughter. The one in love. The one in trouble with the law. The one on the run. This is a novel about the vagaries of love and family, about betrayal and forgiveness, about the possibility and impossibility of coming home.
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'Porter's fiction is without exception exquisitely crafted; the voices credible and unadorned.' * Age (on The Theory of Light and Matter) *
'An extraordinarily talented writer. The term beautiful prose" is used too freely but it really does apply here. Unlike many writers who have a love of language, Porter avoids long descriptive passages or the use of arcane words. In the long American tradition traced from Hemingway through Sam Shephard, Raymond Carver and Richard Ford, Porter uses words with great economy. That he does this without any of the heroic machismo of that tradition makes him truly a writer for our times.' * Sydney Morning Herald (on The Theory of Light and Matter) *
'Porter's quiet, mesmerising skill ensures that his protagonists are powerfully inhabitable, the susurrus of history bridling under their skins.' * Kill Your Darlings (on The Theory of Light and Matter) *
'Every story in the debut from Andrew Porter, The Theory of Light and Matter, surprised and seduced me as a reader. He has a crisp, clean, evocative style and a way with clever endings that reminds me of Raymond Carver.' * Readings Monthly (on The Theory of Light and Matter) *
'An impressive debut from a writer to watch.' * North & South (on The Theory of Light and Matter) *

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