In Loveland, Robert Lukins explores a woman's experience of abuse, but at times loses his way

  • Written by: Per Henningsgaard, Senior Lecturer, Curtin University
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The sophomore effort of a writer whose debut novel was widely acclaimed is always going to be an object of fascination. Was it a one-off? Did the writer have only one story worth sharing? Or can the writer do it again – catch literary lightning in a bottle a second time?

Robert Lukins’s debut novel, The Everlasting Sunday (20...

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