Their brilliant careers : the fantastic lives of sixteen extraordinary Australian writers / Ryan O'Neill.
Publication details: Carlton, VIC : Black Inc., 2016.Description: xii, 274 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 21 cmISBN:- 9781863958639
- A823.4 23
- PR9619.4 .O615 B75 2016
- Miles Franklin Award Finalist 2017.
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Fiction - Short stories | ONE | Available | 066486 |
Includes index.
Absurd, original and highly addictive ...In Their Brilliant Careers, Ryan O'Neill has written a hilarious novel in the guise of sixteen biographies of (invented) Australian writers. Meet Rachel Deverall, who unearthed the secret source of the great literature of our time - and paid a terrible price for her discovery. Meet Rand Washington, hugely popular sci-fi author (of Whiteman of Cor) and inveterate racist. Meet Addison Tiller, master of the bush yarn, "The Chekhov of Coolabah", who never travelled outside Sydney. Their Brilliant Careers is a playful set of stories, linked in many ways, which together form a memorable whole. A wonderful comic tapestry of the writing life, this unpredictable and intriguing work takes Australian writing in a whole new direction.
Miles Franklin Award Finalist 2017.
