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The Mushroom Tapes

by Helen Garner, Chloe Hooper and Sarah Krasnostein

2026ISBN 9781399197779

2 of 2 critics positive

3 reviews: 2 positives; 1 not stating a verdict in public

What the critics said

Positive
“sees the humanity in an inhumane story”

‘Oh, the fog lying like a blanket over this sad town’: The Mushroom Tapes sees the humanity in an inhumane story

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Positive
“it is extremely readable”

The Mushroom Tapes review – Erin Patterson through the eyes of Helen Garner, Chloe Hooper and Sarah Krasnostein

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Verdict not stated

Mushroom murderer Erin Patterson in the spotlight of three novelists who turned podcast into a true crime read

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