Collaboration Peter Hill and J.J. Voss (Photographer)
S U P E R F I C T I O N S
Melbourne
It was St Valentine's Day 1989 in Australia. All of the specialty shops at Melbourne's Tullamarine
Airport were covered in pink hearts and offering free gift-wrapping in candy-striped paper. It was also
the first day of the fatwa against Salman Rushdie. Every newspaper carried twin images of the two
bearded men on either side o f the dispute. "Nothing that a good shave wouldn't put right,"
Sharon said to Tracey as they operated the check-out desk at the Billabong Newsagency in the airpor
t foyer, flanked by inflatable kangaroos and plastic boomerangs in psychedelic colours.
Excerpt from THE ART FAIR MURDERS by PETER HILL
