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Absolutely Revolting

February–March 1986, no. 78

February–March 1986, no. 78

Welcome to the February–March 1986 issue of Australian Book Review.

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Full Contents

Fiction

Pillbox by Gary Langford

by Ludmilla Forsyth

Reviews

Book Notes

by Hidden Author

Non-fiction

Subordination Feminism and Social Theory by Clare Burton

by Helen Marshall

Politics

Marx’s Lost Aesthetic: Karl Marx & the visual arts by Margaret Rose

Fiction

Lie of the Land by John Clanchy

by Darren Tofts

History

In Our Time: Socialism and the rise of Labor 1885 – 1905 by Verity Burgmann

Art

Caricatures by Noel Counihan, introduced by Vane Lindesay

by Susan Hosking

Literary Studies

ABR Reviewers’ Award

by Ludmilla Forsyth

Children's Fiction

Margaret Dunkle reviews 11 Picture Books

by Margaret Dunkle

Poetry

Beware the Bougainvillea by Donna McSkimming & the bitumen rhino by Neil Paech

Poetry

Boy with A Telescope by Jan Owen & The Twofold Place by Alan Gould

by Chris Wallace-Crabbe

Fiction

Helen Garner reviews That Eye The Sky by Tim Winton

by Helen Garner

Memoir

12 Edmondstone Street by David Malouf

by Laurie Clancy

Commentary

'Trading Posts' by Michael Johnson

by Michael Johnson

Commentary

Abbreviations

by John Hanrahan

Self Portrait

'Self Portrait' by Barry Oakley

by Barry Oakley

Advances

Starters and Writers

Selected Writing

The Best of Max Harris: 21 years of browsing by Max Harris

by John Hanrahan

Commentary

'US Reporting' by Diana Smouha

by Diana Smouha

Anthology

Unsettled Areas: Recent South Australian short fiction edited by Andrew Taylor

by Sandra Moore

History

The Scots Abroad: Labour, capital, enterprise 1750–1914 edited by R.A. Cage

Commentary

New lands, new literature

by John McLaren

Commentary

'Our Newspapers’ Literary Page: From the full to the demanding – and back' by Kate Ahearne

by Kate Ahearne

Short Stories

Ikons by George Papaellinas

by Beverley Farmer

Poetry

The Orange Tree: South Australian poetry to the present day edited by K.F. Pearson and Christine Churches

by Barbara Giles

Letters to the Editor - Feb March 1986

by Roy Stall, Kathleen Armstrong, Anita de Souza, Peter G. Mansfield, Stuart Sayers

Poetry

Travelling by Andrew Taylor

by Michael Heyward

Cultural Studies

Guilt by John Carroll

History

Culture and History Essays Presented to Jack Lindsay edited by Bernard Smith

Poetry

Mal Morgan reviews 'No Collars No Cuffs' by Geoff Goodfellow and 'The Bay of Salamis and Other Poems' by John Bray

Commentary

'Writers’ Week, Adelaide Festival - When writers sit down together' by Andrew Taylor

by Andrew Taylor

Non-fiction

The Loser Now Will be Later to Win by Frank Hardy

by Vane Lindesay