Download or read book Two sets of books written by Ruairi Murphy and published by Ruairi Murphy Publishing. This book was released on 2021-09-08 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set in Hobart public library, Two sets of books contains eight stories, each exposing the astonishing secret lives of the people who work there. A book shelver burns down the library out of love. A technical support officer recreates a woman in an illegal sex videogame. A mute librarian is slaughtered and eaten in a vindictive fantasy. A home service courier gives an elderly widow an offer she can't refuse. An archivist attempts to save a woman's life with a rare book. A children's librarian uses the power of story to learn who is abusing a child. A young librarian is seduced into killing a paedophile. A security guard deciphers book titles to prevent an armed robbery. Sex, drugs, cannibalism, arson, armed robbery - this is not the library as you know it. Each story is an ambush, in the best sense. Murphy is an assured stylist whose mordant eye, sharp wit and surreal flourishes are reminiscent of the early Peter Carey. – Amanda Lohrey. A remarkable collection. Elegant, touching, surprising, and delightfully sinister. You’ll never look at your library the same way again. – Liam Pieper.