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LIFE=S VAGARIES
Russ Dewar
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*From Introduction to Life=s Vagaries (fourteen
Short Stories).
Russ Dewar, managing ed.
The Daily Standard Freeholder,
In an age in which it seems the accepted
thing to substitute that which is erotic or violent for true art, it is refreshing
to find an author such as Stephen Gill.
Using a simple
narrative style which is perhaps more dispassionate than dramatic, Mr. Gill
tells of life as it is, not as we might like to think of. There are no
traditional heroes or villains in his short stories; only real people reacting
to the basic situations which are to be found in all corners of this global
village. No doubt this is why Mr. Gill's characters come across with such
authenticity.
This collection of short
stories covers a wide range of
topics in an equally wide range of settings.
It tells us that people the world over has the same hopes and fears, the
same problems and ambitions. In this
book we can learn something of the universality of life, and we are enriched by
that knowledge.
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*Russ Dewer
is a former managing editor of the daily Standard
Freeholder (
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