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In the Calaboose. "Blindside" by J.R. Carroll, "Degrees of Connection" by Jon Cleary, and "Earthly Delights" by Kerry Greenwood [review]
(Australian Book Review, 2004-05)
Crime fiction offers various pleasures but rarely those of innovation, and that is the case with these three very different books from three veterans of the genre — familiar pleasures. "Degrees of Connection" is a police ...
The Charmed Circle. "Dancing With Strangers" by Inga Clendinnen. [review]
(Australian Book Review, 2003-11)
Anyone who heard Inga Clendinnen’s 1999 Boyer Lectures or who has listened to her in any other way will hear her voice clearly in this book: contemplative, reflective, warm, gently paced. "Dancing with Strangers" seems to ...
Anything Goes. "Homecoming" by Adib Khan. [review]
(Australian Book Review, 2003-11)
"Homecoming" is a significant novel in terms of its author’s trajectory. A novel of ideas with a fully Australian focus, it moves him from the niche of slightly magical-realist Indian tales into the mainstream. It is bold, ...
Still a Way to Go. "Australian Republicanism: A Reader" by Mark McKenna and Wayne Hudson (eds). [review]
(Australian Book Review, 2003-12)
As Mark McKenna and Wayne Hudson point out in their introduction to this anthology of writings, speeches and transcripts on the inglorious republic, there is no one single thing called ‘Australian republicanism’. The cause ...
Not Quite Normal. [review]
(Australian Book Review, 2003-12)
This article is a review of various Young Adult Non-Fiction books, including: Bronwyn Blake, "Julia My Sister"; Jane Carroll, "Thambaroo"; Warren Flynn "Return Ticket"; Doug MacLeod, "Tumble Turn"; James Moloney, "Black ...
A Blander Shade of Grey. "Seven Types of Ambiguity" by Elliot Perlman [review]
(Australian Book Review, 2003-11)
We now seem to be producing large-scale, popular books that are not in themselves literary fiction, though they aspire to be and represent the efforts of people who care about literature. If you accept "Seven Types" as an ...
Advances, Contents, Letters, Contributors and Imprints.
(Australian Book Review, 2004-05)
This item is a collection of miscellaneous information from this issue.
Altman's Travels. "Defying Gravity: A Political Life" by Dennis Altman [review]
(Australian Book Review, 2004-04)
The late Graham Little’s review of "Defying Gravity" appeared in the April 1997 issue of "ABR". Allen & Unwin was the original publisher.
Matrons Behind the Bar. "Beyond the Ladies' Lounge: Australia's Female Publicans" by Clare Wright [review]
(Australian Book Review, 2003-12)
"Beyond the Ladies Lounge" is a solid work of social history, but overall it left me disappointed. It remains chained to the thesis it once was, while it has been marketed as a readable popular history. This may seem overly ...
Erica's Plight. "The Colour of Walls" by Janet Kelly [review]
(Australian Book Review, 2004-04)
In her searing novel, "The Colour of Walls", Janet Kelly writes about child abuse and incest with clarity and understanding. The subject matter alone is disturbing, and the sense of cyclical hopelessness is both enduring ...