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Absolutely Revolting
April 2006, no. 280

Caesar of the Antarctic

by David McCooey •
April 2006, no. 280

High Wire by Adrian Caesar

Pandanus, $19.80 pb, 102 pp

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Having taught literary studies at the Australian Defence Force Academy, Adrian Caesar is perhaps better placed than most to understand the troubled relationship between power and culture, order and creativity. ‘All Cock Red’, one of the poems in Caesar’s fourth book of poems, High Wire, attends to such a context:

 


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High Wire

High Wire by Adrian Caesar

Pandanus, $19.80 pb, 102 pp

ABR receives a commission on items purchased through this link. All ABR reviews are fully independent.

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