There was also the little matter of experience. Admittedly, Rose had been around the block more times than average for a convent-educated daughter of the Manila middle class. She'd already been an interior decorator, an insurance broker, a black-marketeer and a pantyhose model. She'd even tried her hand at matrimony a...
The Monthly, July 2009, No. 47
Comment • Greg Barton
Botanical Curiosities
• Gay BilsonSoiled Goods • John Birmingham
A Gay Old Time • Benjamin Law
Chinese Whispers
• Alice PungRevolving Doors • Guy Pearse
Brought to Booker • Delia Falconer
Tudor Style • Peter Craven
The Pretendies • Paul Kelly
Dirty Work • Luke Davies
‘This Is How’ by MJ Hyland • Michael Williams
‘Figurehead’ by Patrick Allington • Alexandra Coghlan


