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'Billie Shockley is sixty-two, a retired engineer, who lives in the heart of Sydney which is both realistically defined —streets, buildings, parks, and landmarks are named —and futuristically portrayed —it is an embattled city, inhabited entirely by women. Shockley is both lonely and alone. Her narrative is a long, discursive, self-exploratory and explanatory letter to her lost love, a female companion called Bobbie'. Source: untitled review.
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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Politics of Self-Hatred: The Fiction of David Ireland
1997
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Literature and Psychiatry Conference : Collected Papers 1997; (p. 47-56) -
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Atomic Fiction: The Novels of David Ireland
St Lucia
:
University of Queensland Press
,
1993
Z435693
1993
multi chapter work
criticism
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Re-Viewing the Reviews
Fiona Capp
,
Rosemary Sorensen
,
1991
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 136 1991; (p. 10-12) -
Borderline
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 136 1991; (p. 8-9)
— Review of A Woman of the Future 1979 single work novel ; City of Women : A Novel 1981 single work novel -
[Review] City of Women
1989
single work
review
— Appears in: The Good Reading Guide 1989; (p. 128)
— Review of City of Women : A Novel 1981 single work novel
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Borderline
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 136 1991; (p. 8-9)
— Review of A Woman of the Future 1979 single work novel ; City of Women : A Novel 1981 single work novel -
Finding Their Range : Some Recent Australian Novels
1981
single work
review
— Appears in: Meanjin , Summer vol. 40 no. 4 1981; (p. 522-525)
— Review of Turtle Beach 1981 single work novel ; Bliss 1981 single work novel ; Man of Letters : A Romance 1981 single work novel ; City of Women : A Novel 1981 single work novel ; Moonlite 1981 single work novel ; Monkeys in the Dark 1980 single work novel -
[Review] City of Women
1981
single work
review
— Appears in: Westerly , December vol. 26 no. 4 1981; (p. 76-78)
— Review of City of Women : A Novel 1981 single work novel -
Deliberate Dichotomies
1981
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , October no. 85 1981; (p. 72-73)
— Review of City of Women : A Novel 1981 single work novel -
[Review] City of Women
1981
single work
review
— Appears in: The National Times , 9-15 August 1981; (p. 36)
— Review of City of Women : A Novel 1981 single work novel -
Politics of Self-Hatred: The Fiction of David Ireland
1997
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Literature and Psychiatry Conference : Collected Papers 1997; (p. 47-56) -
Butterflies Flew Free : David Ireland's Australia
1984
single work
criticism
— Appears in: True North/Down Under , no. 2 1984; (p. 75-86) -
Disconnecting Reality
1982
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Age Monthly Review , vol. 2 no. 2 1982; (p. 11-12) -
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Double Agent: David Ireland and His Work
Ringwood
:
Penguin
,
1982
Z121172
1982
single work
criticism
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David Ireland
Mark Macleod
(interviewer),
1981
single work
interview
— Appears in: Kunapipi , vol. 3 no. 1 1981; (p. 64-75)
Awards
- 1982 shortlisted Ditmar Awards — Best Novel
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