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Issue Details: First known date: 2008... 2008 The Rip
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AbstractHistoryArchive Description

'Set against the backdrop of the Australian coast, as randomly and imminently violent as it is beautiful, The Rip reveals the fragility of relationships between husbands and wives, children and parents, friends and lovers.

'You will find yourself set down in a modern Garden of Eden with a disgraced Adam seeking his Eve; sharing the fears of a small boy in a coastal classroom as a tsunami approaches; in an English gaol cell with an Australian surfer on drug charges; and witnessing a middle-aged farmer contemplating murdering the hippie who stole his wife.'

Source: Publisher's blurb (Penguin ed.)

Notes

  • Dedication: For Julie Gibbs, Michael Bisits and Andrew Clark.
  • Epigraphs:

    A rip tide is raging/And the lifeguard is away/But the ocean doesn't want me today. Tom Waits, The Ocean Doesn't Want Me.

    So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past. F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Camberwell, Camberwell - Kew area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,:Hamish Hamilton , 2008 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Lap Pool, Robert Drewe , single work short story (p. 1-36)
The Obituary of Gina Lavelle, Robert Drewe , single work short story (p. 37-45)
Sea Level, Robert Drewe , single work short story (p. 47-53)
The Water Person and the Tree Person, Robert Drewe , single work short story (p. 55-67)
The Whale Watchers, Robert Drewe , single work short story (p. 69-76)
Stones Like Hearts, Robert Drewe , single work short story (p. 77-84)
The Aquarium at Night, Robert Drewe , single work short story (p. 85-113)
Masculine Shoes, Robert Drewe , single work short story (p. 115-133)
The Cartoonist, Robert Drewe , single work short story (p. 135-143)
Prometheus and Greg, Robert Drewe , single work short story (p. 145-161)
How to Kill a Cane Toad, Robert Drewe , single work short story (p. 163-181)
The Rip, Robert Drewe , single work short story (p. 183-192)
The Life Alignment of the Coffee Grower, Robert Drewe , single work short story (p. 193-216)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Camberwell, Camberwell - Kew area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: Hamish Hamilton , 2008 .
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      Extent: 219p.
      Note/s:
      • Publication date 29 September 2008
      ISBN: 9780241015360 (hbk.)
    • Ringwood, Ringwood - Croydon - Kilsyth area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,: Penguin , 2009 .
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      Extent: 240p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Publication date 31 August 2009
      ISBN: 9780143009665 (pbk), 9781742284798 (ebook)

Other Formats

Works about this Work

Sea of Stories Natasha Lester , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Indigo , Spring no. 4 2009; (p. 130-132)

— Review of The Boat Nam Le , 2008 selected work short story ; The Rip Robert Drewe , 2008 selected work short story
Robert Drewe and the Business of Writing Mark Naglazas , 2009 single work criticism
— Appears in: Indigo , Spring no. 4 2009; (p. 8-15)
Spies Add Intrigue to Festival of the Write Stuff Rod Moran , 2009 single work column
— Appears in: The West Australian , 29 January 2009; (p. 19)
Books Susan Wyndham , Kris Humphreys , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: SundayLife , 21 December 2008; (p. 26)

— Review of Breath Tim Winton , 2008 single work novel ; The Rip Robert Drewe , 2008 selected work short story ; The Great Fletch : The Dazzling Life of Wimbledon Aussie Larrikin Ken Fletcher Hugh Lunn , 2008 single work biography ; The House at Salvation Creek Susan Duncan , 2008 single work autobiography ; The Slap Christos Tsiolkas , 2008 single work novel ; The Islands Di Morrissey , 2008 single work novel
Riding with the Sea Changes Lynne Minion , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 1 November 2008; (p. 9)

— Review of The Rip Robert Drewe , 2008 selected work short story
[Review] The Rip Shane Strange , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , August vol. 88 no. 2 2008; (p. 39)

— Review of The Rip Robert Drewe , 2008 selected work short story
Australian Lives Moved by Tides and Seasons Sally Pryor , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 27 September 2008; (p. 14)

— Review of The Rip Robert Drewe , 2008 selected work short story
Boomers Crash on the Coast Nigel Krauth , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 27-28 September 2008; (p. 10-11)

— Review of The Rip Robert Drewe , 2008 selected work short story
Coastal Man Caught in a Mid-Life Current Malcolm Knox , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 27-28 September 2008; (p. 32-33)

— Review of The Rip Robert Drewe , 2008 selected work short story
Inside Out James Bradley , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian Literary Review , October vol. 3 no. 9 2008; (p. 23)

— Review of The Rip Robert Drewe , 2008 selected work short story
The Long and Short of It Shane Strange (interviewer), 2008 single work interview
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , August vol. 88 no. 2 2008; (p. 47)
Ripped and Torn Matthew Condon , 2008 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 27 September 2008; (p. 14-15)
Inspiration Blooms in an Antipodean Eden Jane Sullivan , 2008 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 11 October 2008; (p. 25)
Spies Add Intrigue to Festival of the Write Stuff Rod Moran , 2009 single work column
— Appears in: The West Australian , 29 January 2009; (p. 19)
Robert Drewe and the Business of Writing Mark Naglazas , 2009 single work criticism
— Appears in: Indigo , Spring no. 4 2009; (p. 8-15)
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