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Absolutely Revolting
Literary Studies

Author! Author!: Tales of Australian Literary Life edited by Chris Wallace-Crabbe

by Peter Steele •
October 1998, no. 205

Author! Author!: Tales of Australian Literary Life by Chris Wallace-Crabbe

OUP $26.95 hb, 294 pp

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‘Anecdotes’ meant originally ‘the unpublished’ – sometimes, no doubt, the unprintable. Nowadays we think of them as being tales which have something or other up their sleeves: a morsel of irony, a pinch of encouragement, a gesture of affectation. Anecdotes are yarns which have had a couple of drinks.

 


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Author! Author!: Tales of Australian Literary Life by Chris Wallace-Crabbe

OUP $26.95 hb, 294 pp

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

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