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Short Blacks are gems of recent Australian writing - brisk reads that quicken the pulse and stimulate the mind. The boxset includes;Richard Flanagan - The Australian Disease- the decline of love and the rise of non-freedomKaren Hitchcock- Fat CityNoel Pearson- The War of the WorldsHelen Garner- Regions of Thick-Ribbed IceJohn Birmingham- The Brave Ones- East Timor, 1999Anna Krien- Booze TerritoryDavid Malouf- The One Day- the memory of AnzacSimon Leys- Prosper- a voyage at seaRobert Manne- Cypherpunk Revolutionary- On Julian AssangeLes Murray- Killing the Black DogRobyn Davidson- No Fixed AddressGalarrwuy Yunupingu- Tradition, Truth & Tomorrow