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'A master of melancholic wit, Laurie Clancy was one of Australia's most versatile short story writers. If realism was his artistic staple, he had a genius for farce and the mock-heroic, and was remarkably adept at magic realism, postmodern experimentation and the fiction of ideas. Equally at home in the pub, the seminar room, literary journals and the columns of daily newspapers, Clancy was a wickedly astute but compassionate and ultimately good-humoured guide to the vagaries of the human heart, both at home and abroad. This posthumous selection shows him in his pomp as a practitioner of fiction's shorter forms.' (Publication summary)
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The Short Stories Of Laurie Clancy
2014
single work
criticism
— Appears in: JASAL , vol. 14 no. 4 2014; 'At his death, on 16 July 2010, Laurie Clancy left a folder of 100 stories, maybe to see what posterity would make of them. This contained unpublished material, besides pieces that had appeared in newspapers, magazines and journals. There were also copies of the 57 stories that had been published in his three collections of short fiction. These were The Wife Specialist (1979) (its title from the first story by Clancy to be published—in Westerly in 1971), City and Country (1989) and Loyalties (2007). Now there is a fourth gathering, Jovial Harbinger of Doom: Selected Stories by Laurie Clancy. These have been ‘selected and edited’ by his friend and former La Trobe University colleague, Richard Freadman. ' (Author's introduction)(error - no result found) -
The Short Stories of Laurie Clancy
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December no. 367 2014; (p. 28)
— Review of Jovial Harbinger of Doom : The Short Stories of Laurie Clancy 2014 selected work short story -
A Light Touch with a Wry Perspective
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 1-2 November 2014; (p. 36) The Age , 1 November 2014; (p. 32)
— Review of Jovial Harbinger of Doom : The Short Stories of Laurie Clancy 2014 selected work short story
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A Light Touch with a Wry Perspective
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 1-2 November 2014; (p. 36) The Age , 1 November 2014; (p. 32)
— Review of Jovial Harbinger of Doom : The Short Stories of Laurie Clancy 2014 selected work short story -
The Short Stories of Laurie Clancy
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December no. 367 2014; (p. 28)
— Review of Jovial Harbinger of Doom : The Short Stories of Laurie Clancy 2014 selected work short story -
The Short Stories Of Laurie Clancy
2014
single work
criticism
— Appears in: JASAL , vol. 14 no. 4 2014; 'At his death, on 16 July 2010, Laurie Clancy left a folder of 100 stories, maybe to see what posterity would make of them. This contained unpublished material, besides pieces that had appeared in newspapers, magazines and journals. There were also copies of the 57 stories that had been published in his three collections of short fiction. These were The Wife Specialist (1979) (its title from the first story by Clancy to be published—in Westerly in 1971), City and Country (1989) and Loyalties (2007). Now there is a fourth gathering, Jovial Harbinger of Doom: Selected Stories by Laurie Clancy. These have been ‘selected and edited’ by his friend and former La Trobe University colleague, Richard Freadman. ' (Author's introduction)(error - no result found)
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