With a plot that sounds a bit like “Mrs. Dalloway Down Under,” Australian novelist Gail Jones follows four diverse characters through the course of a single day in Sydney, Australia. (February)

Five Bells
By Gail Jones
Picador, 224 pp.
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With a plot that sounds a bit like “Mrs. Dalloway Down Under,” Australian novelist Gail Jones follows four diverse characters through the course of a single day in Sydney, Australia. (February)
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