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Issue Details: First known date: 1990... 1990 The Best Man for this Sort of Thing
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A novel in which a young woman in pursuit of personal strength and autonomy becomes emotionally enslaved to her psychiatrist. (The Bibliography of Australasian Judaica 1788-2008, p. 12)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Black Swan , 1990 .
      Extent: 364p.
      Description: port.
      ISBN: 0947189831 (pbk.)
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Works about this Work

Le corps ecrit-inscrit : anorexie, automutilation et folie dans la litterature australienne Chantal Kwast-Gref , 2007 single work criticism
— Appears in: Correspondances Oceaniennes , June vol. 6 no. 1 2007; (p. 17-20)
The Body and the Text : Extra and Infra Textual Scars Chantal Kwast-Gref , 2002 single work criticism
— Appears in: Commonwealth , vol. 25 no. 1 2002; (p. 15-25) Author's abstract : In the autobiographical text, the madwoman articulates a space from which to speak. The writing of madness is neither about introspection nor about escapism but is much more concerned with translating inner states. Autobiography functions like a mirror in which we see a Gestalt, a global image of our selves.
The Ailing Body : Women, Medical Discourse and Power in Margaret Coombs's 'The Best Man for this Sort of Thing' Alison Bartlett , 1998 single work criticism
— Appears in: Jamming the Machinery : Contemporary Australian Women's Writing 1998; (p. 59-74)
Fiction as Cultural Criticism : A Conversation with Margaret Coombs Robyn Gardner (interviewer), 1992 single work interview
— Appears in: Mattoid , no. 44 1992; (p. 116-136)
The Expectations of a `Good Girl' from the Country Marlene Bronstein , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian Jewish News , 18 October vol. 58 no. 7 1991; (p. 14)
— Review of The Best Man for this Sort of Thing Margaret Coombs , 1990 single work novel ; Regards to the Czar Margaret Coombs , 1988 sequence short story
Identity Crisis Tragedy Tinged with Humor Katharine England , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 30 June 1990; (p. 16)
— Review of The Tiger in the Tiger Pit Janette Turner Hospital , 1983 single work novel ; The Best Man for this Sort of Thing Margaret Coombs , 1990 single work novel
Lost Souls, Found Souls, Poetic Ambiguity and Ancient Mystics Tim Prenzler , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: Social Alternatives , October vol. 9 no. 3 1990; (p. 65-66)
— Review of Vreemdeling in de Spiegel : Autobiografie van een Nederlandse Emigrante Lolo Houbein , 1988 single work autobiography ; The Bells are Ringing Howard Milligan , 1989 selected work poetry short story ; The Best Man for this Sort of Thing Margaret Coombs , 1990 single work novel ; Selected Poems of Jennifer Maiden Jennifer Maiden , 1990 selected work poetry ; The Faces of Sappho John Sligo , 1990 single work novel
Living in the Eighties Helen Dakin , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: Southerly , December vol. 50 no. 4 1990; (p. 529-532)
— Review of Taking Shelter Jessica Anderson , 1989 single work novel ; The Best Man for this Sort of Thing Margaret Coombs , 1990 single work novel
Traumatic Intrusions of the Past Leon Trainor , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 26-27 May 1990; (p. rev 7)
— Review of Flying Lessons Susan Johnson , 1990 single work novel ; The Best Man for this Sort of Thing Margaret Coombs , 1990 single work novel
Plenty of Rick-Rack Does Not Make a Pleasing Pattern Janet Chimonyo , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 4 April 1990; (p. 9)
— Review of The Best Man for this Sort of Thing Margaret Coombs , 1990 single work novel
The Body and the Text : Extra and Infra Textual Scars Chantal Kwast-Gref , 2002 single work criticism
— Appears in: Commonwealth , vol. 25 no. 1 2002; (p. 15-25) Author's abstract : In the autobiographical text, the madwoman articulates a space from which to speak. The writing of madness is neither about introspection nor about escapism but is much more concerned with translating inner states. Autobiography functions like a mirror in which we see a Gestalt, a global image of our selves.
Le corps ecrit-inscrit : anorexie, automutilation et folie dans la litterature australienne Chantal Kwast-Gref , 2007 single work criticism
— Appears in: Correspondances Oceaniennes , June vol. 6 no. 1 2007; (p. 17-20)
The Ailing Body : Women, Medical Discourse and Power in Margaret Coombs's 'The Best Man for this Sort of Thing' Alison Bartlett , 1998 single work criticism
— Appears in: Jamming the Machinery : Contemporary Australian Women's Writing 1998; (p. 59-74)
'Vox Populi?' The Image of Psychiatry in Australian Literature Michael Dudley , 1990 single work criticism
— Appears in: Left, Right or Centre? Psychiatry and the Status Quo 1990; (p. 1-25)
Fiction as Cultural Criticism : A Conversation with Margaret Coombs Robyn Gardner (interviewer), 1992 single work interview
— Appears in: Mattoid , no. 44 1992; (p. 116-136)
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Subjects:
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    England,
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    United Kingdom (UK),
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    Western Europe, Europe,
Settings:
  • 1970s
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