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| Title: | Untrimmed detail |
| Authors: | Dooley, Gillian Mary |
| Keywords: | Australian
Book Reviews
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| Issue Date: | Dec-2002 |
| Publisher: | Australian Book Review |
| Citation: | Dooley, Gillian 2002. Untrimmed Detail. Review of "Matthew Flinders' Cat" by Bryce Courtenay. 'Australian Book Review', No 247, December, 57. |
| Series/Report no.: | No 247 |
| Abstract: | Halfway through "Matthew Flinders' Cat", the protagonist admits that, when writing, he finds it 'almost impossible to leave out what others might think of as superfluous detail. It was, he knew, self-indulgence.' Is this a moment of self-directed irony on Bryce Courtenay's part, or a case of the pot calling the kettle black? This novel brims with 'superfluous detail', and there is little attempt to curb the flow of information. |
| Description: | Gillian Dooley, Sydney, Trim, High Court Judge, Salvation Army, homeless, homelessness |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2328/1306 |
| ISSN: | 0155-2864 |
| Appears in Collections: | No 247 - December 2002 / January 2003
Australian Book Review
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