No ordinary ham

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  • Published 20060905
  • ISBN: 9780733319389
  • Extent: 288 pp
  • Paperback (234 x 153mm)

Selected for Best Australian Stories 2006

I NEVER DID find out what Jimmy saw in that meat – Jimmy’s a weird one. All I know is he barges in and shouts: “Boris! We have just three days to eat this ham!”

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