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Issue Details: First known date: 1990... 1990 Pomeroy
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'Pomeroy is a postmodern novel that parodies the detective/spy thriller style, and the writing keeps looping back upon itself. It is ostensibly the story of an Australian journalist, Jaime Pomeroy, who becomes involved in a trail of Hong Kong corruption. His adventures in Hong Kong are interspliced with his life in Australia, and doomed pursuit of the love of his life, the emblematic Estrellita.'

Source: Author's website (http://briancastro.com.au/?p=44). (Sighted: 28/03/2017)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Notes:
Other editions: large print edn; also sound recording
    • North Sydney, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Allen and Unwin , 1990 .
      person or book cover
      Extent: 224p.
      Description: port: Brian Castro (jacket).
Alternative title: Pomeroy: Roman
Language: German
Notes:
English translation of title: 'Pomeroy: A Novel'.
    • Stuttgart,
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      Germany,
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Klett-Cotta ,       1998 .
      image of person or book cover 3481971354985041231.jpg
      Image courtesy of publisher's website.
      Extent: 317p.p.
      ISBN: 3608919066, 9783608919066
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Works about this Work

"Grammars of Creation” : An Interview with Brian Castro : 24 November 2008 Marilyne Brun (interviewer), 2011 single work interview
— Appears in: Journal of the European Association for Studies on Australia , vol. 2 no. 1 2011; 'This interview with contemporary Australian writer Brian Castro addresses a number of themes and concepts that are central to his critical work and fiction. In the interview, Castro discusses his oeuvre as a whole, providing insights into the starting point for his first eight novels. He comments on the concepts of transgression, hybridity, polyphonia, cosmopolitanism and play, underlining the central significance of grammar, ethics and aesthetics in his work. The interview also includes reflections on the development of Asian Australian studies and the importance of translating novels. In the final sections of the interview, Castro discusses the relation between his critical work and his novels and reflects on the common conflation of the novelist and the theorist in much literary criticism.' Source: Marilyne Brun.
'Pomeroy' : A Dialectic of Risk Bernadette Brennan , 2008 single work criticism
— Appears in: Brian Castro's Fiction : The Seductive Play of Language 2008; (p. 33-48)
Brian Castro Reads His Poetry [sic] at ADFA Susan Lever (interviewer), 1999 single work interview
— Appears in: 'Apart from the Expected' : The Novels of Brian Castro 1999; (p. Appendix 11-15)
y separately published work icon 'Apart from the Expected' : The Novels of Brian Castro Michael Deves , 1999 Z976912 1999 single work thesis Outlining the Australian literary tradition, Deves notes the distinctiveness of Castro's writing, and sees it opening the scope of the contemporary novel. He examines the Castro's manner of writing and the themes of his novels, discussing the way in which the novelist's life informs his art.
'Things are Cast Adrift' : Brian Castro's Fiction Peter Pierce , 1995 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , October vol. 17 no. 2 1995; (p. 149-156)
Long on Metaphor, Short on Craft and Meaning... Marion Halligan , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 26-27 May 1990; (p. rev 5)
— Review of Max and Other Stories Meredith Jelbart , 1990 selected work short story ; Pomeroy Brian Castro , 1990 single work novel
A Post-Modern Thriller and Some Loud Laughter Katharine England , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 3 March 1990; (p. 17)
— Review of The Progress of Moonlight Barry Westburg , 1990 single work novel ; Pomeroy Brian Castro , 1990 single work novel
Deep Sleep - a Nightmare, No Less Penelope Nelson , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 17-18 August 1991; (p. rev 5)
— Review of Where I Fell to Earth : A Life in Four Places Peter Conrad , 1990 single work autobiography ; Pomeroy Brian Castro , 1990 single work novel
A Sensitive Assignment 1990 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Bookseller & Publisher , February vol. 69 no. 1001 1990; (p. 36)
— Review of Pomeroy Brian Castro , 1990 single work novel
Pomeroy Will Not Be Bettered Peter Fuller , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 10 March 1990; (p. B4)
— Review of Pomeroy Brian Castro , 1990 single work novel
'Pomeroy' : A Dialectic of Risk Bernadette Brennan , 2008 single work criticism
— Appears in: Brian Castro's Fiction : The Seductive Play of Language 2008; (p. 33-48)
"Grammars of Creation” : An Interview with Brian Castro : 24 November 2008 Marilyne Brun (interviewer), 2011 single work interview
— Appears in: Journal of the European Association for Studies on Australia , vol. 2 no. 1 2011; 'This interview with contemporary Australian writer Brian Castro addresses a number of themes and concepts that are central to his critical work and fiction. In the interview, Castro discusses his oeuvre as a whole, providing insights into the starting point for his first eight novels. He comments on the concepts of transgression, hybridity, polyphonia, cosmopolitanism and play, underlining the central significance of grammar, ethics and aesthetics in his work. The interview also includes reflections on the development of Asian Australian studies and the importance of translating novels. In the final sections of the interview, Castro discusses the relation between his critical work and his novels and reflects on the common conflation of the novelist and the theorist in much literary criticism.' Source: Marilyne Brun.
'Things are Cast Adrift' : Brian Castro's Fiction Peter Pierce , 1995 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , October vol. 17 no. 2 1995; (p. 149-156)
Castro's Worlds A. P. Riemer , 1993 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: The Independent Monthly , February vol. 4 no. 7 1993; (p. 27-28)
Reality Offers Chance to Reproduce It In Writing Peter Fuller , 1990 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 7 March 1990; (p. 32)
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Subjects:
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    Australia,
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  • Gold Coast, Queensland,
  • Sydney, New South Wales,
  • Hong Kong,
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    China,
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    East Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
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