TY - ABST T1 - The Whistler Y1 - 1998 A1 - Stephanie Johnson (b. 1961) KW - Aotearoa New Zealand author KW - Female author AB -

Complex novel set in a future, overpopulated, violent Australia. Stories are told by a genetically re-engineered dog (no legs and no bark among other changes) who both remembers past lives and describes and comments on the current situation. In the future Australia, prostitution has become the official Relief Corps, half the population barely ever leaves their homes while others risk the constant violence for thrills, and tower blocks are ruled by local kings. Chapter 10 describes one of the dog's earlier lives in a lesbian eutopia.

PB - Allen & Unwin CY - St. Leonards, NSW, Australia N1 -

New Zealand ed. Auckland, New Zealand: Vintage, 1998.

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ATL, VUW

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