A brilliant short story collection by awarded novelist and former Vogel winner Bernard Cohen.Parked in by furious rich people, mid-divorce, a man misses his lunchtime gambling session. All the girls named Ella form a diagonal across the teacher''s new classroom. Diseased cattle burn in fields around the country ? it is a cameraman''s role to frame the images for TV. A swagman jumps into a billabong, or was he pushed?Bernard Cohen''s stories are filled with incisive perspectives, captivating wit and dark, sharp humour.