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Towards Asmara by Thomas Keneally

Towards Asmara by Thomas Keneally

Hodder & Stoughton, 272 pp, $29.95 hb

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Tom Keneally used to be a fashionable writer, but not anymore, at least not with the critics, though readers continue to read him. Critical concern today is with aesthetics rather than ethics, theory rather than practice. Towards Asmara is therefore not likely to get a great deal of serious attention. This is a pity because it raises some weighty issues, and the loss is the critics’!

 


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Towards Asmara by Thomas Keneally

Hodder & Stoughton, 272 pp, $29.95 hb

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


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