The Mansions of Bedlam: Stories and Essays
UQP, $22.95pb, 416pp
The Mansions of Bedlam: Stories and Essays by Gerard Windsor
Gerard Windsor had a rocky start to his writing life. Out of the Jesuits after seven years, he scored a contract with his old school, Riverview, in Sydney, to write its centennial history. I was one of the alumni he interviewed; I remember suggesting that he take steps to guarantee the publication of his text. After all, I argued, a school run by a religious order was like a family commissioning its history: it would have tender feelings towards its dead and be wary of any diminution of their legends.
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