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Prepare the Cabin for Landing by Alan Wearne

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February 2013, no. 348

Prepare the Cabin for Landing by Alan Wearne

Giramondo, $24 pb, 106 pp, 9781920882945

Prepare the Cabin for Landing by Alan Wearne

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February 2013, no. 348

In Alan Wearne’s new collection, his not-quite-self-appointed role as chronicler of Australian mora et tempores continues, more overtly than before. Prepare the Cabin for Landing pays homage to the Roman satirist Juvenal and his eighteenth-century heir, Samuel Johnson. Both shared what Wearne describes as ‘that combination of bemusement, annoyance, anger and despair to which your country (let alone the country of mankind) can drive you’.

Peter Kenneally reviews 'Prepare the Cabin for Landing' by Alan Wearne

Prepare the Cabin for Landing

by Alan Wearne

Giramondo, $24 pb, 106 pp, 9781920882945

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