Paddy O’Reilly

O'REILLY, PADDY

Paddy O’Reilly is the author of four novels and two collections of short stories. Her work has been published widely in Australia and overseas and has won several major fiction awards. Her books have been shortlisted for the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards, the Queensland and Victorian Premiers’ Literary Awards and the ALS Gold Medal, as well as being nominated in best-book-of-the-year lists. She has also written for stage, radio and film.

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The city circle

FictionI LIVE IN a suburb where no politician lives and therefore the trams run infrequently, often late and without proper brakes. Two, three times a month, when the driver applies a little pressure to the brakes, we are all...

The salesman

FictionSelected for Best Australian Stories 2010MARLY SAT ON the front veranda, waiting. Shaun and Azza had been working on Azza’s car all day, driving Shaun’s ute to the wrecker’s for parts, taking Azza’s black V8 for spins around the...

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