The ghost river

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  • Published 20131203
  • ISBN: 9781922079992
  • Extent: 264 pp
  • Paperback (234 x 153mm), eBook

This piece by Tony Birch, published by Griffith Review in 2013, provided the genesis for his 2015 book, Ghost River.


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