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Andrew Preston

Andrew Preston reviews 'The Indestructible Corpse' by Raimondo Cortese

June 1998, no. 201 01 June 1998
Raimondo Cortese’s debut collection of stories, The Indestructible Corpse, contains ‘amazing stories’ in the true sense of the term, in that they produce amazement. The definitions of amazement in the Macquarie Dictionary include ‘overwhelming surprise or astonishment’; ‘stupefaction’; ‘perplexity’; and’ consternation’. Many of the stories are also maze-like, ‘a confusing n ... (read more)