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1 Freakazoid Melissa Denes , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: London Review of Books , 19 August vol. 32 no. 16 2010; (p. 26 - 28)
— Review of The Slap Christos Tsiolkas , 2008 single work novel

Denes writes about the style of and characterisation in The Slap, with a particular focus on the anger and sex in the book. Denes argues that the novel is 'one-dimensional,' and the 'characters lapse too regularly into cliché, the language of teen fiction, porn or advertising.'
1 The Poet in His Second Youth Melissa Denes , 1999 single work biography
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 20 February 1999; (p. 8)
1 Like Marmalade Melissa Denes , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: The Times Literary Supplement , 12 September no. 4928 1997; (p. 9)
— Review of The Essence of the Thing Madeleine St John , 1997 single work novel
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