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'An ancient man with no past hails a taxi driven by a petty crim with no future.
Reluctantly, the pair embarks on a journey in search of a legendary whaler and murderer known simply as The Norseman. To guide them they have only a half-remembered sea-farer’s tale, an antique whalebone carved with a snake-like engraving of a Chinese dragon, and a hundred year old journal bound in human skin.
This is a one-way journey — but who is taking who for a ride?
The Norseman’s Song evokes the tradition of Joseph Conrad and Edgar Allan Poe to produce a stylistically brilliant blend of gothic mystery and modern crime noir. In this audacious literary debut, Joel Deane creates a violent and lyrical vision of contemporary Australia with the pace and energy of a road movie and the haunting atmosphere of a nightmare.' (Publisher's blurb)
Notes
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Launched by Victorian Premier, the Hon. John Brumby in April 2010.
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Dedication: For Penny and Barry Deane
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Epigraph:
Some went down to the sea in ships;
doing business on the great waters;
they saw the deeds of the Lord,
his wondrous works in the deep.
For he commanded and raised the stormy wind,
which lifted up the waves of the sea.
They mounted up to heaven;
they went down to the depths;
their courage melted away in their evil plight;
they reeled and staggered like drunken men
and were at their wits' end.
-From Psalm 107
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Epigraph: Odi et amo -Catallus
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Men on the Mat
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian Literary Review , August vol. 5 no. 7 2010; (p. 18)
— Review of Killing Richard Dawson 2010 single work novel ; Glissando : A Melodrama 2010 single work novel ; The Norseman's Song 2010 single work novel ; Rocks in the Belly 2010 single work novel -
Untitled
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 17 July 2010; (p. 26)
— Review of The Norseman's Song 2010 single work novel -
Anarchic Spirit Spins a Fine Yarn
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 12-13 June 2010; (p. 37)
— Review of The Norseman's Song 2010 single work novel -
Southern Gothic
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 321 2010; (p. 34)
— Review of The Norseman's Song 2010 single work novel -
A New Anarchic Spirit of Literature
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 24 April 2010; (p. 27)
— Review of The Norseman's Song 2010 single work novel
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Cover Notes
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 18 April 2010; (p. 21)
— Review of The Norseman's Song 2010 single work novel -
A New Anarchic Spirit of Literature
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 24 April 2010; (p. 27)
— Review of The Norseman's Song 2010 single work novel -
Southern Gothic
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 321 2010; (p. 34)
— Review of The Norseman's Song 2010 single work novel -
Anarchic Spirit Spins a Fine Yarn
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 12-13 June 2010; (p. 37)
— Review of The Norseman's Song 2010 single work novel -
Untitled
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 17 July 2010; (p. 26)
— Review of The Norseman's Song 2010 single work novel -
Just a Few More Sales at Twilight
2010
single work
column
— Appears in: The Age , 17 April 2010; (p. 29) A column canvassing current literary news including a report on the launch by the Hon. John Brumby of Joel Deane's The Norseman's Song.
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