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Sometimes comic, sometimes tragic, this collection turns the rules of storytelling on their head. A series of graphs illustrates the disintegration of a marriage, step by excruciating step. A literary stoush � and an affair � play out in the book review section of a national newspaper. The heartbreaking story of a Rwandan boy is hidden within his English exam paper. A young girl learns her mother�s disturbing secrets through the broken key on a typewriter. Ranging from Australia to Africa to China and back again, The Weight of a Human Heart heralds a fresh new voice in Australian literature. �Stories full of wit, irony, wild invention, love and pain � and sometimes shocking power.� � Paddy O�Reilly �By turns acerbic, playful and serious, O�Neill is equally at home with satire and pathos.� � Cate Kennedy �With each new story O�Neill redefines the boundaries of what is possible� � Patrick Cullen