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Issue Details: First known date: 1985... 1985 Room Service : Comic Writings of Frank Moorhouse
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Notes

  • Dedication: To Susie Carlton, friend, patron of the arts

Contents

* Contents derived from the Ringwood, Ringwood - Croydon - Kilsyth area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,:Viking , 1985 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Case Against the Bell Captain The New York Bell Captain, Frank Moorhouse , single work short story satire (p. 3-11)
The Indian Bell Captain, Frank Moorhouse , single work short story humour (p. 12-17)
Hiltona, Frank Moorhouse , single work short story humour (p. 18-29)
Autobahnia, Frank Moorhouse , single work short story humour (p. 30-34)
Blase in the Land of Swizzlestick, Frank Moorhouse , single work short story humour (p. 35-40)
Cultural Delegate, Frank Moorhouse , single work short story humour (p. 41-48)
The Anti-Art of Travelling, Frank Moorhouse , single work short story humour (p. 49-54)
Blase's Guide to Writing about New York, Frank Moorhouse , single work short story humour (p. 55-59)
Blase and Deep Tissue Massage and Other Fulfilment Therapies, Frank Moorhouse , single work short story humour (p. 60-64)
Blase in Pacific Paradise, Frank Moorhouse , single work short story humour (p. 65-70)
American Bar, Frank Moorhouse , single work short story (p. 71-77)
Mechanical Aptitude, Frank Moorhouse , single work short story humour (p. 81-84)
Pledges, Vows and Pass This Note, Frank Moorhouse , single work short story humour (p. 85-90)
Playground Justice and Being Fair, Frank Moorhouse , single work short story humour (p. 91-92)
Tortures, Jealousy Tests and Getting Tough, Frank Moorhouse , single work short story humour (p. 93-96)
The Drover's Wife, Frank Moorhouse , single work short story satire humour (p. 99-113)
Hobbies and Recreations, Please State, or On Holiday with Roland Barthes, Frank Moorhouse , single work short story humour (p. 117-121)
Convalescence, Frank Moorhouse , single work short story humour (p. 122-129)
An Incident from the Wake for Jack Kerouac, Frank Moorhouse , single work short story humour (p. 130-137)
The Death of the Telegram, Frank Moorhouse , single work short story humour (p. 138-141)
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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Ringwood, Ringwood - Croydon - Kilsyth area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,: Viking , 1985 .
      Extent: 174p.
      Description: illus.
      ISBN: 067080858X
    • Ringwood, Ringwood - Croydon - Kilsyth area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,: Penguin , 1987 .
      Extent: 173p.
      Description: illus.
      Reprinted: 1988
      ISBN: 0140101985
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Works about this Work

Frank Moorhouse Candida Baker (interviewer), 1989 single work biography interview
— Appears in: Yacker 3 : Australian Writers Talk About Their Work 1989; (p. 212-235)
Untitled David Matthews , 1989 single work review
— Appears in: The Good Reading Guide 1989; (p. 205)
— Review of Room Service : Comic Writings of Frank Moorhouse Frank Moorhouse , 1985 selected work short story
Introspection Dominates Frank Mooorhouse's New Travel Book Nan Bowman Albinski , 1988 single work review
— Appears in: Antipodes , Spring vol. 2 no. 1 1988; (p. 60-61)
— Review of Room Service : Comic Writings of Frank Moorhouse Frank Moorhouse , 1985 selected work short story
Untitled Viki Wright , 1987 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian Magazine , 2 May 1987;
— Review of Room Service : Comic Writings of Frank Moorhouse Frank Moorhouse , 1985 selected work short story
Traveller's Trails David J. Jones , 1987 single work review
— Appears in: The Book Magazine , August-September vol. 1 no. 2 1987; (p. 28)
— Review of Room Service : Comic Writings of Frank Moorhouse Frank Moorhouse , 1985 selected work short story ; Crossing the Gap : A Novelist's Essays Christopher Koch , 1987 selected work essay criticism autobiography
Comic Cuts Fiona Giles , 1986 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , April no. 102 1986; (p. 79-80)
— Review of The Search for Harry Allway Alex Buzo , 1985 single work novel ; The Gillies Report 1985 anthology drama lyric/song ; Room Service : Comic Writings of Frank Moorhouse Frank Moorhouse , 1985 selected work short story
The Language of Travel, Learnt from Bellhops and Restaurant Menus Tom Thompson , 1985 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 28 December 1985; (p. 30)
— Review of The Night We Ate the Sparrow : A Memoir and Fourteen Stories Morris Lurie , 1985 selected work short story biography ; Room Service : Comic Writings of Frank Moorhouse Frank Moorhouse , 1985 selected work short story
Misadventures with Francois Barbara Jefferis , 1985 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 28-29 December 1985; (p. 12)
— Review of Room Service : Comic Writings of Frank Moorhouse Frank Moorhouse , 1985 selected work short story
Moorhouse Fills the Gap in Our Comic Art Peter Pierce , 1985 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 21 December 1985; (p. 8)
— Review of Room Service : Comic Writings of Frank Moorhouse Frank Moorhouse , 1985 selected work short story
Frank Moorhouse : The Spy in the House of Fiction. Ya Godda Larf Kate Ahearne , 1986 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 85 1986; (p. 8-9)
— Review of Room Service : Comic Writings of Frank Moorhouse Frank Moorhouse , 1985 selected work short story
Frank Moorhouse Candida Baker (interviewer), 1989 single work biography interview
— Appears in: Yacker 3 : Australian Writers Talk About Their Work 1989; (p. 212-235)
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