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Jillian
Watkinson. The Architect. University of Queensland
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When
you finish the first published novel of an author that
has engrossed you entirely from the first page, putting
it down serves to create a wonderful sense of anticipation.
This was exactly how I felt when I put down Jillian Watkinson's
first novel The Architect (the winner of the Queensland
Premier's Literary Award for best emerging author in 1999).
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In
the Prologue we are introduced to couple of brothers,
Marc and Clint, as they come across a motorcycle accident
while driving one night. Interestingly, although the accident
is a dramatic and gruesome moment, it is not the horror
of the accident that draws you in, but more the way Marc
relates to the person involved in the accident:
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He smells
spilt petrol as his brother passes through heat radiating
from the incinerated bike. He feels the rain falling.
Fat, heavy drops, spluttering and hissing onto burnt
flesh. Now he's with the biker. Panting, lying spent,
watching the sky through rain-streaked soot on the
visor of the helmet. He sees the dark face of a searcher
leaning close, eyes widening with horror. (3)
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