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Malcolm Knox

Malcolm Knox is a journalist, author, and columnist for The Sydney Morning Herald. His most recent book is Bluebird (2020).

Malcolm Knox reviews ‘Messengers of Eros: Representations of sex in Australian writing’ by Xavier Pons

October 2009, no. 315 01 October 2009
Like the man with a hammer to whom everything looks like a nail, Xavier Pons knows what he is looking for in his monograph on sex in Australian writing, and makes sure he finds it. Pons, a lecturer in Australian studies at the University of Toulouse, is clearly expert in his subject, and renders his explorations lucidly, at times with great insight, and intelligibly to non-specialist eyes. ... (read more)