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'Full of lacerating dialogue and typically sharp character portraits, R&R tells the story of US corporal John Ulysses Grant, aka Nashville, and his partner Shorty, an Australian military policeman, in the seaside resort of Vung Tau in South Vietnam, 1967. The Vietnam War rages across the country but Nashville's concerns are closer to home: how did a corpse, buried just days before, turn up in a local bar without any ears? Written with a brilliant, concise wit and brutal, uncompromising insight, R&R is a startlingly original portrait of men and war in the twilight zone behind the front, a searing study of the violence that we do to others, and ourselves.' (Publication summary)
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A Gigantically Obvious Wrong Thing
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Sydney Review of Books , March 2016;
— Review of R&R 2015 single work novel -
The 10 Books You Must Read This Year
2015
single work
column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 3 October 2015; (p. 30) -
Little Rest and Savage Recreation
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 24-25 October 2015; (p. 26) The Saturday Age , 24-25 October 2015; (p. 26)
— Review of R&R 2015 single work novel -
Crime Scene : Mark Dapin R & R
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , September 2015;
— Review of R&R 2015 single work novel -
Well Read
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 15 August 2015; (p. 32)
— Review of R&R 2015 single work novel ; The Eyeball End 2015 single work prose
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Time Out among the Vietnam War’s Loose Cannons
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 8-9 August 2015; (p. 16)
— Review of R&R 2015 single work novel -
Well Read
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 15 August 2015; (p. 32)
— Review of R&R 2015 single work novel ; The Eyeball End 2015 single work prose -
Crime Scene : Mark Dapin R & R
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , September 2015;
— Review of R&R 2015 single work novel -
Little Rest and Savage Recreation
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 24-25 October 2015; (p. 26) The Saturday Age , 24-25 October 2015; (p. 26)
— Review of R&R 2015 single work novel -
A Gigantically Obvious Wrong Thing
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Sydney Review of Books , March 2016;
— Review of R&R 2015 single work novel -
The 10 Books You Must Read This Year
2015
single work
column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 3 October 2015; (p. 30)
Awards
- 2016 shortlisted Ned Kelly Awards for Crime Writing — Best Novel
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