The Hunter and Other Stories of Men

SHORTLISTED FOR THE DOROTHY HEWETT AWARD A property developer fears that a burgeoning ibis population will prevent the construction of a high rise apartment complex; a fake bus stop in Düsseldorf, designed to help dementia patients, suffers its own identity crisis; a young man¿s new job requires him to pose as a woodcutter and wave to a trainload of tourists; an aging, reclusive archivist becomes locked in a strange battle of wills with a courier; a backpacker in Israel has a bizarre religious experience.In these award winning stories, David Cohen explores the oddities of human behaviour with wit, affection and startling brilliance. `AN EXCEPTIONAL WRITER ¿ Newtown Review of Books