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Grahame Cooper Grahame Cooper i(9498608 works by)
Born: Established: Newcastle, Newcastle - Hunter Valley area, New South Wales, ;
Gender: Male
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1 2 Pyjamas in the Daytime Grahame Cooper , 2014 single work drama

Pyjamas in the Daytime examines the relationship between an aged care worker James, and Phyllis, the cheeky, manipulative and funny resident in her late-70s. Neither wants to be thrust together, but they form a connection from their first meeting.
1 1 y separately published work icon Vinegar Grahame Cooper , Newcastle : Grahame Cooper , 2013 9498622 2013 single work novella

'"Vinegar, in Grahame Cooper's words, 'is a story of love, hate, fear, retribution, evil and forgiveness, Mimicking the heartbeat of the desperate, the footfalls of the fugitive and the last gasps of the dying. ‘When love and hate burn so intensely, it is inevitable that they will extinguish and the only thing that remains is hope."'

During its conception, writing and painstaking editing, much of the initial work was discarded, leaving only a few key words or phrases to encapsulate the soul of the meaning. Together with the use of repetition, the beat and rhythm of the resulting prose intensifies and drives the story on.

[Source: Simon Walker 'Grahame Cooper Distils the Meaning of Vinegar']
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