Review

Review: Andrew Roff's short stories trace dark undercurrents in debut collection, The Teeth of a Slow Machine

Jasper Lindell
April 9 2022 - 12:00am
Andrew Roff, whose short story collection is technically accomplished. Picture: Supplied
Andrew Roff, whose short story collection is technically accomplished. Picture: Supplied
  • The Teeth of a Slow Machine by Andrew Roff. Wakefield Press. 216pp. $29.95.

There is an accumulating strangeness about contemporary living. Inconsistencies and absurdities seem to swirl around us. Writing about them can come off forced, as if we don't even believe our modern predicament when it is reflected back to us.

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Jasper Lindell

Jasper Lindell

Assembly Reporter

Jasper Lindell joined The Canberra Times in 2018. He is a Legislative Assembly reporter, covering ACT politics and government. He also writes about development, transport, heritage, local history, literature and the arts, as well as contributing to the Times' Panorama magazine. He was previously a Sunday Canberra Times reporter.

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