J.G. Ballard (2009) The Complete Short Stories of J.G. Ballard, 1^st American Edition, W.W. Norton & Company, New York. 978 0 393 07262 4 (hardback).

I went on a road trip through country Victoria last month. In the hamlet of Yarck in the Goulburn Valley, I happened upon a wonderful cottage bookstore called Books at Yarck. It is pretty much every booklover’s wet dream. There is a fine section of literature, an excellent choice of Australiana and some very tasty non-fiction. There is also a wood stove (not in use in February), and a couch.