Posted on 19/07/08
Ride is a bit bumpy
THE PUSH & THE PULLBy Darryl WhetterGoose Lane, 322 pages, $21.95Darryl Whetter's first novel occurs in a relentlessly figurative world where everything is heavy with significance. It's not enough, for instance, to tell a boy that his parents are splitting up while they are at the dog pound. In order to make the symbolism clearer, an innocent puppy's "unbelievably fluffy chest" has to be crushed by a passing car.
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