Hailman Shakir MustafaLeanne Radojkovich's writing is full of crisp, precise details, and often contain a sting. In Hailman, the follow up to her 2017 debut First fox, the stories still have a dreamy, mythic feel, but are now rooted more firmly in the dusty suburbs and countryside of Aotearoa. In the title story, a child builds a snowman out of ice with her mum's friend Joyce and skirts round the edge of some adult truths. In 'Growing', a daughter visits her mother in the
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one novel (Baltimore) and four books of short stories
piercing language illuminates tales from actual
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intellectual virtuosity is evident in these wide-ranging essays that
