Diary of a Bad Year Francis Pryor 'Not a simple act of

'Not a simple act of ventriloquism but a true marriage of minds' DAN CHAON

so close their heads might touch

She ducks into the London Library to hide and it is there

Cat Velis and Alexander Solarin

Diary of a Bad Year Francis Pryor 'Not a simple act ofAn eminent, ageing Australian writer is invited to contribute to a book entitled Strong Opinions. For him, troubled by Australia's complicity in the wars in the Middle East,it is a chance to air some urgent concerns: how should a citizen of a modern democracy react to their state's involvement in an immoral war on terror, a war that involves the use of torture? Then in the laundry room of his apartment block he encounters an alluring young woman. He