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An episode of 'Blue Hills' about whether a mixed-race couple may produce a throwback prompts one listener to remember the secret life of her friend Ellen. (Back cover)
Notes
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Dedication: For Lal McCay.
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Epigraph: 'The past must be revisited, but with irony, not innocently.' (Umberto Eco)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Humphries Continues His Satirical Campaign
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 11 April 1992; (p. wkd 6)
— Review of Prophesying Backwards 1991 single work novel ; Neglected Poems 1991 selected work poetry -
Contradictory Cultural Life of the 1890s
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 15 February 1992; (p. C9)
— Review of Prophesying Backwards 1991 single work novel ; The Nervous Nineties : Australian Cultural Life in the 1890s 1991 single work criticism -
Past Informs the Present
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser Magazine , 18 January 1992; (p. 12)
— Review of The Mint Lawn 1991 single work novel ; Prophesying Backwards 1991 single work novel -
Put Your Shirt on Nelson's Nude
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 28 December 1991; (p. 31)
— Review of Prophesying Backwards 1991 single work novel ; Modern Interiors 1991 single work novel ; Edie's Little Girl, the One That... 1991 single work novel -
Revisiting the Past with Irony, Not Innocence
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 21 December 1991; (p. 7)
— Review of Prophesying Backwards 1991 single work novel ; The Sensualist 1991 single work novel
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Getting to the Bottom of the Past
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 14-15 December 1991; (p. rev 4)
— Review of The Mint Lawn 1991 single work novel ; Playing Around 1991 single work novel ; Prophesying Backwards 1991 single work novel -
Past Informs the Present
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser Magazine , 18 January 1992; (p. 12)
— Review of The Mint Lawn 1991 single work novel ; Prophesying Backwards 1991 single work novel -
Forecasts
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Bookseller & Publisher , September vol. 71 no. 1019 1991; (p. 29)
— Review of Prophesying Backwards 1991 single work novel -
Cool Anger and a Sure Touch
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December-January (1991-1992) no. 137 1991; (p. 19)
— Review of Prophesying Backwards 1991 single work novel -
Revisiting the Past with Irony, Not Innocence
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 21 December 1991; (p. 7)
— Review of Prophesying Backwards 1991 single work novel ; The Sensualist 1991 single work novel
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