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MARCH 2010, NO. 319
Prickles of disquiet
Murray Waldren is pleasantly discomforted by Gravel, Peter Goldsworthy’s new collection of ‘droll, dark and poignant’ stories.
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The trials of Helpmann
Lee Christofis admires Kathrine Sorley Walker’s new biography of the great polymorphous artist, but regrets the absence of an intimate understanding of Helpmann.
Pagan charm
Gillian Dooley finds Carmel Bird’s new novel, Child of the Twilight, to be a piquant mix of Catholic symbolism and contemporary technical knowledge.
Everyman
Patrick Allington finds the matey tone of General Peter Cosgrove’s Boyer Lectures unnerving, and the former head of the Armed Forces’ commentary to be spread too thin over too many topics.
The hypnotic J.D. Salinger
Jane Goodall affectionately assesses the oeuvre and addictive voice of J.D. Salinger in the wake of the author’s recent death.
Also in March
Peter Craven on The Road
James Ley on American literature
Paul Genoni on Nick Cave
Judith Armstrong on Thea Welsh
Don Anderson on Michael Meehan
Open Page with Carmel Bird
Plus
A new short story from Michael Whitting
New poems from Thomas Shapcott, Michael Farrell and Rhyll McMaster
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