Their Brilliant Careers The Fantastic Lives of Sixteen Extraordinary Australian Writers |
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Author:
| O'Neill, Ryan |
ISBN: | 978-1-5252-3192-6 |
Publication Date: | Oct 2016 |
Publisher: | ReadHowYouWant.com, Limited
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $28.99 |
Book Description:
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Absurd, original and highly addictive . . . In Their Brilliant Careers, Ryan O'Neill has written a hilarious novel in the guise of sixteen biographies of (invented) Australian writers. Meet Rachel Deverall, who discovered the secret source of the great literature of our time - and paid a terrible price for her discovery. Meet Rand Washington, hugely popular sci-fi author (of Whiteman of Cor) and inveterate racist. Meet Addison Tiller, master of the bush yarn, ''''''''The Chekhov of...
More DescriptionAbsurd, original and highly addictive . . . In Their Brilliant Careers, Ryan O'Neill has written a hilarious novel in the guise of sixteen biographies of (invented) Australian writers. Meet Rachel Deverall, who discovered the secret source of the great literature of our time - and paid a terrible price for her discovery. Meet Rand Washington, hugely popular sci-fi author (of Whiteman of Cor) and inveterate racist. Meet Addison Tiller, master of the bush yarn, ''''''''The Chekhov of Coolabah'''''''', who never travelled outside Sydney. Their Brilliant Careers is a playful set of stories, linked in many ways, which together form a memorable whole. A wonderful comic tapestry of the writing life, this unpredictable and intriguing work takes Australian writing in a whole new direction . . .