Fetish [Paperback]

A collection that digs into the Australian psyche through objects, obsessions, and the strange weight we give to things. From cricket bats to coins, suburbia to sexuality, these essays examine what we're drawn to and why — the stories we tell ourselves through what we keep, what we want, what we can't let go of. Sharp, curious, and culturally attuned, this is writing that treats ordinary fixations as doorways into deeper truths about identity, desire, and national character. The kind of book that makes you look at your own shelves differently. For readers who like their cultural criticism clever and their essays alive with ideas — pairs well with Helen Garner's notebooks or Robert Dessaix's ruminations.