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The Comfort of Men by Dennis Altman

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February–March 1993, no. 148

The Comfort of Men by Dennis Altman

WHA, $19.95 pb, 0855614196

The Comfort of Men by Dennis Altman

by
February–March 1993, no. 148

Where women lead, men generally have the sense to follow. Eventually. Feminist fiction, lesbian fiction have developed ahead of gay fiction in Australia. This is one of the many ideas acknowledged or explored in Dennis Altman’s welcome addition to literature about homosexual relationships.

Central to the novel are the various ways in which the personal explodes in to the political. The time is the 1960s and Altman deftly weaves his narrative of the lives of his four protagonists through such historical moments as the 1966 Federal elections, the hanging of Ronald Ryan, the 1969 moratoriums, and the peace and women’s movements generally.

John Hanrahan reviews 'The Comfort of Men' by Dennis Altman

The Comfort of Men

by Dennis Altman

WHA, $19.95 pb, 0855614196

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