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The Man in the Shed
Lloyd Jones
  • Published: 31 August 2009
  • ISBN: 9780143202509
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 272
  • RRP: $38.00

The Man in the Shed

  • Lloyd Jones



A boy watches his mother hooked and reeled ashore by a fisherman.
A man builds a swing in the backyard to sit between his wife and her lover.
A couple gives up their seat on a bus for lovers soon to be parted.
A boy sees his mother come to life gliding on roller skates.
Lloyd Jones's The Man in the Shed is a haunting collection of stories about family and longing. Jones's extraordinary tales take conventional family situations and tilt them sideways, delivering a memorable, beautiful blend of the suburban and the surreal.

  • Published: 31 August 2009
  • ISBN: 9780143202509
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 272
  • RRP: $38.00