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October 1986, no. 85

Welcome to the October 1986 issue of Australian Book Review!

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Society

The Public Culture: The Triumph of Industrialism by Donald Horne

by Bronwen Levy

Gender

The Force of the Feminine by Margaret Ann Franklin

by Delys Bird

Commentary

'Self Portrait' by Vincent Buckley

by Vincent Buckley

Fiction

Room Service: Comic writings of Frank Moorhouse by Frank Moorhouse

by Kate Ahearne

Fiction

Boss of the Pool by Robin Klein & The Princess Who Hated It by Robin Klein

by Mark Macleod

Commentary

Making the Melbourne Writers’ Festival

by Colin Talbot

Fiction

Dreamhouse by Kate Grenville

by Jane Cotter

Fiction

Jumbo by Gabrielle Lord

by Brenda Walker

Literary Studies

Strange Country: A study of Randolph Stow by Anthony J. Hassall

by Ludmilla Forsyth

Anthologies

Men On Women by Kevin Childs

by Susan Lever

Food

The Age Good Food Guide: 7th edition by Claude Forell and Rita Erlich

by John Curtain

Letters

Letters to the Editor

by Jim Davidson, Barbara Giles, Peter Craven, Michael Heyward, John Tranter

Fiction

The Color of the Sky by Peter Cowan

by Paul Salzman

Poetry

The Flower and the Word by Dimitris Tsaloumas

by Maria Koundoura

The Peter Porter Poetry Prize is now open

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