http://hdl.handle.net/2328/386 Summer Reading Wed, 22 May 2013 13:17:32 GMT 2013-05-22T13:17:32Z http://dspace.flinders.edu.au:80/jspui/retrieve/726/dec03coverlargev2.jpg http://hdl.handle.net/2328/386 http://hdl.handle.net/2328/907 Title: Memories of the Changing 'G'. "The Temple Down the Road" by Brian Matthews [review] Authors: Smith, Amanda Abstract: "The Temple Down the Road" is a book of considerable enjoyment for those who have at some time or other succumbed to the boisterous charms of the MCG. It is a meander through the history of the site and the stadium, a personal memoir of events and experiences, and a reflection on the role of the MCG in the sporting, spiritual and cultural landscape of its city, and beyond. Sat, 01 Nov 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2328/907 2003-11-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2328/854 Title: The Disappointed Man. "Shadow of Doubt: My Father and Myself" by Richard Freadman. [review] Authors: Rose, Peter John Abstract: Richard Feadman's first work intended for a non-academic readership is, in his own words, ‘the Son’s Book of the Father’ and thus belongs to a venerable genre. Freadman, whose contribution to our understanding of autobiography has been acute, is well qualified to draw on this tradition in portraying his own father and analysing their relationship. Mon, 01 Dec 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2328/854 2003-12-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2328/853 Title: Bad Actors. "Vernon God Little" by D.B.C. Pierre. [review] Authors: Ley, James Abstract: "Vernon God Little" is a black comedy and a vicious satire on the cruelty and narcissism of American society. Most of the action takes place in the town of Martirio, Texas, a small pocket of affluence ringed by decaying suburbs and populated by a collection of grotesques of varying degrees of unpleasantness. This novel is, in the end, morally ambiguous. When it concludes, the question of whether Vernon has succeeded or capitulated is left unresolved. Most likely, it is unresolvable. But that’s the Human Condition for you. Watch out for that fucker. Mon, 01 Dec 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2328/853 2003-12-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2328/852 Title: Tropical Dreams. "Geckos and Moths" by Patricia Johnson and "Forever in Paradise" by Apelu Tielu. [review] Authors: McGirr, Michael Abstract: "Geckos and Moths" deals incisively, yet without histrionics, with the unravelling of a dream and the fraying of an Australian colonial fiction. "Forever in Paradise" is, on the other hand, unable to deal realistically with human imperfection. The book is infatuated with its central character, Solomona Tuisamoa. The problem is that Solomona is a pompous bore. He is such an impossibly wise, just, kind, caring and virtuous man that it is difficult to relate to him at any level. Mon, 01 Dec 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2328/852 2003-12-01T00:00:00Z