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'MARGARET: 'He is sweet, and earnest, as I say, and he generously and with great endeavour (but hopelessly) performed oral sex upon me for some twenty - twenty-five minutes, which I contentedly received, and feigned appreciation with crocodile moans and crocodile groans. His heart is in the right place, even if his tongue never was.'
'WILLIAM:'Margaret ad I have been going out for about six weeks. They have been blissful. We cannot find fault. I think we absolutely delight each other. And one wonders how long such exquisite perfection can last. One watches for the trigger, for the germ, for the bug or bruise that will spread the infection that will turn cancerous that will kill the relationship. It happens in every relationship. The outbreak of the hateful telling.'
'Kindling Does For Firewood tells the story of the headstrong Margaret and her hapless boyfriend William as they fall in and out of love. From their first date this boy meets girl novel takes on new life as we hear both sides of the story. William and Margaret work their way through the familiar territories of frustrated love, earnest politics, sexual temptations and fear of impending boredom. This is a novel about delight and joy, anger and sex, humour and bad behaviour. This is a world where people stuff up - spectacularly and often. But more importantly, it's a world where people do give a stuff.' (Publication summary)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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A Sort of Breathing Space
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , Spring no. 148 1997; (p. 89-90)
— Review of Kindling Does for Firewood 1996 single work novel -
"Dirty Realist" Novel Misses Mark
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: Antipodes , June vol. 11 no. 1 1997; (p. 57)
— Review of Kindling Does for Firewood 1996 single work novel -
The Adaptation's the Thing
1997
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Muse , October no. 166 1997; (p. 11) -
Peter Pan, Without the Fairy Dust
1996
single work
column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 7 September 1996; (p. C11) -
Richard King
1996
single work
biography
— Appears in: The Big Issue , 18 November-1 December no. 11 1996; (p. 37)
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Write Up
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: Good Weekend , 31 August 1996; (p. 14)
— Review of Kindling Does for Firewood 1996 single work novel -
Bed to Backyard and Back Again
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 14 September 1996; (p. 11s)
— Review of Kindling Does for Firewood 1996 single work novel -
Vogel is Back in the Good Books
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 29 September 1996; (p. 8)
— Review of Kindling Does for Firewood 1996 single work novel -
Small Airless Rooms
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 12-13 October 1996; (p. rev 8)
— Review of Kindling Does for Firewood 1996 single work novel ; Nightflowers 1996 single work novel -
Risk-Taking
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 185 1996; (p. 46-47)
— Review of Kindling Does for Firewood 1996 single work novel ; The Hero 1996 single work novel -
Richard King
1996
single work
biography
— Appears in: The Big Issue , 18 November-1 December no. 11 1996; (p. 37) -
[Review] Kindling Does for Firewood
1995
single work
correspondence
— Appears in: The Australian , 27 September 1995; (p. 12) -
Peter Pan, Without the Fairy Dust
1996
single work
column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 7 September 1996; (p. C11) -
Disappointed Generation Finds a Voice
1995
single work
column
biography
— Appears in: The Australian , 20 September 1995; (p. 1) -
Promoting Young Literary Talent
1995
single work
column
— Appears in: The Australian , 20 September 1995; (p. 14)
Awards
- Carlton, Parkville - Carlton area, Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria,