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Arms Race by Nic Low

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September 2014, no. 364

Arms Race by Nic Low

Text Publishing, $27.99 pb, 248 pp

Arms Race by Nic Low

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September 2014, no. 364

Characters on the verge of a breakthrough populate this impressive début short story collection. An aspiring artist in ‘Making It’ is unsure whether a tilt at greatness is worth the personal sacrifice. In ‘Scar’, a middle-aged geologist feels conflicted by prospective fatherhood and observes, ‘Against that slow patience of stone the need to reproduce had always seemed like vanity.’ Low’s stories cover an ambitious range of locations from Melbourne to Mongolia; his prose is energetic and inspired.

Gretchen Shirm reviews 'Arms Race' by Nic Low

Arms Race

by Nic Low

Text Publishing, $27.99 pb, 248 pp

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