“Ros’s engagement with the topic of sexuality in old age…is vital. [How To Shame The Devil] resonates not only with the indignity of aging but also with the power and urgency of the #MeToo movement…’
— Nick Hasluck, former Chair of the Literature Board of the Australia Council and the Commonwealth Writers Prize
— Christoph Bierwirth
“Ros Thomas writes with stylistic flair, a deft sense of humour, a vivid sense of time and place, and a generous, compassionate heart.”
— Susan Midalia, Westerly Magazine
‘Ros Thomas’s novella presents a monumental insight into the process of aging. At times quite amusing, at others desperately saddening…. It is a text of searing relevance.’
— Neil Bechervaise, https://www.carpelibrum. net/
— Gustav Klimt
“A clever allegorical novella […] I was left reflecting on how the issues that matter to us today were once buried by the mores of their time, and of how difficult it can be to deal with the past.”
— Bill Liddelow, Managing Director, Boffins Books
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