The Vape Lord of Queanbeyan
Author: Musa, Omar
ISBN: 9781761358135
Publisher: Penguin Australia Pty Ltd
Year first published: 07 Jul 2026
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback / softback
A dazzling, bravura collection of stories from one of AustraliaP#8217;s most admired multi-disciplinary artists.
Plt;bPgt;From the winner of the Victorian PremierP#8217;s Literary Award for Fiction 2026Plt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;iPgt;Can you sever a shadow? Can you outswim the rising tide?Plt;/iPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;iPgt;Plt;brPgt; Plt;/iPgt;A monitor lizard in Borneo tries to convince a boy not to kill a mafia boss. An American scam artist and an aspiring K-pop star fall in love P#8211; without ever seeing each otherP#8217;s faces. After Islam is banned, a man uses a time machine to visit P#8216;The Japanese GoebbelsP#8217;. A suicidal Australian boxer is given one more chance at humanity.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt; Plt;iPgt;The Vape Lord of Queanbeyan Plt;/iPgt;is an explosive collection of award-winning, surreal short stories. Characters across the globe confront the most human of struggles P#8211; grief, doubt, addiction, lost love and friendships that shape or betray them. From Bosnia to Borneo, the United States to Australia to Mars, these are stories where lizards talk, cars fly and humans become birds, Sufi mysticism and AI technology collide. A world where nothing is ever what it appears to be.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;P#39;Plt;iPgt;The Vape Lord of Queanbeyan Plt;/iPgt;is a masterful story collection by one of AustraliaP#8217;s finest writers. To read Omar Musa is to be stirred and shaken P#8211; and loved.P#39; Tony BirchPlt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;P#39;Surreal, wry and arresting stories from an inventive imagination at full stretch.P#39; Cate Kennedy
ISBN: 9781761358135
Publisher: Penguin Australia Pty Ltd
Year first published: 07 Jul 2026
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback / softback
A dazzling, bravura collection of stories from one of AustraliaP#8217;s most admired multi-disciplinary artists.
Plt;bPgt;From the winner of the Victorian PremierP#8217;s Literary Award for Fiction 2026Plt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;iPgt;Can you sever a shadow? Can you outswim the rising tide?Plt;/iPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;iPgt;Plt;brPgt; Plt;/iPgt;A monitor lizard in Borneo tries to convince a boy not to kill a mafia boss. An American scam artist and an aspiring K-pop star fall in love P#8211; without ever seeing each otherP#8217;s faces. After Islam is banned, a man uses a time machine to visit P#8216;The Japanese GoebbelsP#8217;. A suicidal Australian boxer is given one more chance at humanity.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt; Plt;iPgt;The Vape Lord of Queanbeyan Plt;/iPgt;is an explosive collection of award-winning, surreal short stories. Characters across the globe confront the most human of struggles P#8211; grief, doubt, addiction, lost love and friendships that shape or betray them. From Bosnia to Borneo, the United States to Australia to Mars, these are stories where lizards talk, cars fly and humans become birds, Sufi mysticism and AI technology collide. A world where nothing is ever what it appears to be.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;P#39;Plt;iPgt;The Vape Lord of Queanbeyan Plt;/iPgt;is a masterful story collection by one of AustraliaP#8217;s finest writers. To read Omar Musa is to be stirred and shaken P#8211; and loved.P#39; Tony BirchPlt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;P#39;Surreal, wry and arresting stories from an inventive imagination at full stretch.P#39; Cate Kennedy
