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Jay Daniel Thompson, Senior Lecturer, School of Media and Communication, RMIT University

‘I genuinely did hold my breath’: a sordid, sexy queer debut evokes Hitchcock and Christos Tsiolkas

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Ash is the new kid on the block. He’s in love with his best mate James, who he met some months prior on hookup app Grindr. Alas, James’ heart has been stolen by the mysterious Raf.

One evening, Ash spies Raf in a disturbing altercation nobody seems to want to discuss. This is followed shortly by an act of sudden brutality Raf is implicated in – one with the tendency to shut down conversations. Perhaps these incidents are products of Ash’s jealous imagination. Or perhaps Ash has an opportunity to expose his opponents’ wrongdoings and win over James.

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