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The Kiss: Penguin Specials

✍ Scribed by Peter Goldsworthy

Book ID: 111030492
Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia
Year: 2012
Tongue: English
Weight: 18 KB
Category: Fiction
ISBN-13: 9781742536170

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✦ Synopsis

Drunk, restless and excited, Kenny and Tom decide to continue their night with a swim in the local water tank. At first exuberant and elated, the teenagers' adventure takes a terrifying turn when they realise they are trapped in the tank with no way out.
Dark and gripping, Peter Goldsworthy's The Kiss is a classic Australian short story from one of our masters of the form.

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