The Butcherbird StoriesA. S. Patric is heralded as 'one of the most interesting and valuable writers working in Australia today' The Australian Eleven stories. Each like a matchstick struck to illuminate the darkness. Evocations of places ranging from a Bangla jungle to the deep, blue Danube, to a winter beach in Melbourne excite and seduce. But what truly draws the reader in are the unexpected landscapes of people's lives, explored with rare sensitivity, grace, and a