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Notes
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Dedication: For Richard Smart, and old friends and colleagues.
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Epigraph: 'Who...has lit his pipe in the morning calm
That follows the midnight stress -
He hath sold his soul to the old Black Art
We call the Daily Press. Rudyard Kipling. -
From the Preface: 'This book opens with extracts from the U-Jack Society (1972), which describe, among much personal material, something of the newspaper life. It concludes with a group of short stories, all sparked by news assignments around the world, and scribbled at odd moments.'
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Includes acknowledgement (pp. 312-313) of the newspapers and journals in which the articles were first published.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Sydney,
New South Wales,:Fontana
, 1985 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- How Do You Spell Sensational?, single work short story
- In Search of Any Bloody Thing, single work short story
- VC Winners, single work short story
- Buckjump Champion, single work short story
- Ms Germaine Greer, single work short story
- Willow Pattern, single work short story
- An English Childhood, single work short story
- Death City, single work short story
- R & R, single work short story
- Confucius, single work short story
- Overnight in Agra, single work short story
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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The Surface of Everyday Life
1985
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 27 July, 1985; (p. B3)
— Review of Deadlines 1985 selected work short story column -
Vivid Picture of Australia by the Writer from a Good Rexona Town
1985
single work
review
— Appears in: The National Times , 14-20 June 1985; (p. 50)
— Review of Deadlines 1985 selected work short story column ; Fine Bones : chronicles of death, life and love 1985 selected work short story
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Vivid Picture of Australia by the Writer from a Good Rexona Town
1985
single work
review
— Appears in: The National Times , 14-20 June 1985; (p. 50)
— Review of Deadlines 1985 selected work short story column ; Fine Bones : chronicles of death, life and love 1985 selected work short story -
The Surface of Everyday Life
1985
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 27 July, 1985; (p. B3)
— Review of Deadlines 1985 selected work short story column
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