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The Inheritance of Ivorie Hammer
About this book
An enchanting tale of larger-than-life characters and a magnificent, sprawling, historical epic that tips its hat to magical realism, this unique and delightful literary novel brings to life a family saga in the most elegant and restrained fashion. A murder mystery and comedy of manners that is never what it seems, it weaves together a Dickensian sense of mystery with a township at social war with itself. This playful and imaginative narrative announces the arrival of a dynamic new Australian writing talent.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Author biography
- Title page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Epigraph
- The House of Jupon
- Part 1: CANYON
- Chapter 1: Archaeology and osteology
- Chapter 2: The Parathas
- Chapter 3: Mrs Ivorie Hammer carries some lunch to her husband
- Chapter 4: Flying aspirations
- Chapter 5: A good woman and a bad-luck charm
- Chapter 6: In explication of the character of Mr Ernest Hammer
- Chapter 7: Two fellows consider their civic duties
- Chapter 8: Pecking orders come undone, and other articles are fatally fastened
- Chapter 9: The Municipal Authority of Greater Pitch
- Chapter 10: The aftermath of battle
- Chapter 11: The Senior Sergeant
- Chapter 12: A parlour in need of a parlourmaid
- Part 2: OUTER PITCH
- Chapter 13: The vacant lot of Outer Pitch
- Chapter 14: Mrs Po
- Chapter 15: The Ferris wheel of opportunity
- Chapter 16: In the name of Bodicea Sweetley
- Chapter 17: Hospitality
- Chapter 18: Two gentlemen procure employment
- Chapter 19: The sleeping genie
- Chapter 20: Breakfast
- Chapter 21: Mackaby Lane
- Chapter 22: The Starlight sisters
- Part 3: MIDDLE PITCH
- Chapter 23: Near misses and fortuitous hits
- Chapter 24: Stagefright
- Chapter 25: The art of the distiller
- Chapter 26: An appointment with the law
- Chapter 27: The upwards creep of expectations
- Chapter 28: Two small but significant incidents
- Chapter 29: John Thaddeus, Palaeoanthropologist
- Chapter 30: Dewlaps
- Chapter 31: Items at the end of a list
- Chapter 32: Madam Slipper
- Chapter 33: Two variations on happiness
- Chapter 34: Enchantment
- Chapter 35: The Pitch Penitentiary
- Chapter 36: Duke Sherry Pty Ltd
- Chapter 37: The Bramah Lock
- Part 4: INNER PITCH
- Chapter 38: The sing-song list
- Chapter 39: Plans, right and wrong
- Chapter 40: Several yards of yellow watered silk
- Chapter 41: Having once been outcasts
- Chapter 42: The rich scent of blood and bone
- Chapter 43: Ivorie Hammer cut
- Chapter 44: A prohibitory injunction
- Chapter 45: The night magistrate
- Chapter 46: The collapsible child
- Chapter 47: The collapsible bustle
- Chapter 48: Friends with the hangman
- Chapter 49: The weight of undigested puddings
- Chapter 50: A body, a book
- Chapter 51: The trial of Otto Cirque
- Chapter 52: Mens rea
- Chapter 53: Modes of proposition
- Chapter 54: A case for mercy
- Chapter 55: A determined effort
- Chapter 56: The hours before denouement
- Chapter 57: Death by hanging
- Chapter 58: Words that fall like blows
- Chapter 59: The Paratha Family Circus
- Acknowledgments
- Imprint page