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Sean Rabin Sean Rabin i(A146619 works by)
Gender: Male
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y separately published work icon Wood Green Artarmon : Giramondo Publishing , 2016 9313404 2016 single work novel

'Michael, an aspiring writer who has recently finished his PhD, takes a job as the secretary to his literary hero, Lucian Clarke, a reclusive novelist with a mysterious cosmopolitan past, who lives in a cottage in a village on a mountain outside Hobart which gives the book its title, Wood Green. Peopled by an ensemble cast, the local publican, the single mother who manages the pub’s kitchen, the unhappily married couple that runs the corner store, a newcomer from Johannesburg with a murky past, a snivelling B&B proprietor and a determined ex-girlfriend, Wood Green artfully evokes the claustrophobia of small-town life. While Michael believes he is making a new life for himself, Lucian has other plans. Rabin writes with wit and intelligence – and deftly executes an unsuspected plot twist – in his exploration of the perils of literary ambition and the elusive prospect of artistic legacy.' (Source: Publisher's website)

2017 longlisted ASAL Awards ALS Gold Medal
2017 shortlisted Victorian Premier's Literary Awards Prize for Fiction
2016 shortlisted Readings Prizes Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction
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