Book review: Barracuda, by Christos Tsiolkas
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Issue 3840 5th Dec 2013
Christos Tsiolkas’s swimming novel Barracuda is unlikely to become the talking point The Slap was.
By Kevin Rabalais in Books
Issue 3840 5th Dec 2013
Christos Tsiolkas’s swimming novel Barracuda is unlikely to become the talking point The Slap was.
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