The Inheritance of Ivorie Hammer
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The Inheritance of Ivorie Hammer

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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

  1. Cover
  2. Author biography
  3. Title page
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Epigraph
  7. The House of Jupon
  8. Part 1: CANYON
  9. Chapter 1: Archaeology and osteology
  10. Chapter 2: The Parathas
  11. Chapter 3: Mrs Ivorie Hammer carries some lunch to her husband
  12. Chapter 4: Flying aspirations
  13. Chapter 5: A good woman and a bad-luck charm
  14. Chapter 6: In explication of the character of Mr Ernest Hammer
  15. Chapter 7: Two fellows consider their civic duties
  16. Chapter 8: Pecking orders come undone, and other articles are fatally fastened
  17. Chapter 9: The Municipal Authority of Greater Pitch
  18. Chapter 10: The aftermath of battle
  19. Chapter 11: The Senior Sergeant
  20. Chapter 12: A parlour in need of a parlourmaid
  21. Part 2: OUTER PITCH
  22. Chapter 13: The vacant lot of Outer Pitch
  23. Chapter 14: Mrs Po
  24. Chapter 15: The Ferris wheel of opportunity
  25. Chapter 16: In the name of Bodicea Sweetley
  26. Chapter 17: Hospitality
  27. Chapter 18: Two gentlemen procure employment
  28. Chapter 19: The sleeping genie
  29. Chapter 20: Breakfast
  30. Chapter 21: Mackaby Lane
  31. Chapter 22: The Starlight sisters
  32. Part 3: MIDDLE PITCH
  33. Chapter 23: Near misses and fortuitous hits
  34. Chapter 24: Stagefright
  35. Chapter 25: The art of the distiller
  36. Chapter 26: An appointment with the law
  37. Chapter 27: The upwards creep of expectations
  38. Chapter 28: Two small but significant incidents
  39. Chapter 29: John Thaddeus, Palaeoanthropologist
  40. Chapter 30: Dewlaps
  41. Chapter 31: Items at the end of a list
  42. Chapter 32: Madam Slipper
  43. Chapter 33: Two variations on happiness
  44. Chapter 34: Enchantment
  45. Chapter 35: The Pitch Penitentiary
  46. Chapter 36: Duke Sherry Pty Ltd
  47. Chapter 37: The Bramah Lock
  48. Part 4: INNER PITCH
  49. Chapter 38: The sing-song list
  50. Chapter 39: Plans, right and wrong
  51. Chapter 40: Several yards of yellow watered silk
  52. Chapter 41: Having once been outcasts
  53. Chapter 42: The rich scent of blood and bone
  54. Chapter 43: Ivorie Hammer cut
  55. Chapter 44: A prohibitory injunction
  56. Chapter 45: The night magistrate
  57. Chapter 46: The collapsible child
  58. Chapter 47: The collapsible bustle
  59. Chapter 48: Friends with the hangman
  60. Chapter 49: The weight of undigested puddings
  61. Chapter 50: A body, a book
  62. Chapter 51: The trial of Otto Cirque
  63. Chapter 52: Mens rea
  64. Chapter 53: Modes of proposition
  65. Chapter 54: A case for mercy
  66. Chapter 55: A determined effort
  67. Chapter 56: The hours before denouement
  68. Chapter 57: Death by hanging
  69. Chapter 58: Words that fall like blows
  70. Chapter 59: The Paratha Family Circus
  71. Acknowledgments
  72. Imprint page