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'Bram and his fellow residents are drawn by a dream- the promise of a freeway leading to a new suburb north of the city. The houses are built, but the freeway never comes. One by one, the dreamers leave, until only a small, hardcore group is left - including Bram, One-eyed Michael, and Michael's self-possessed daughter Jodie. As the disused houses crumble around them they barricade themselves in. They have a gun, a bulldozer, and a hellbent determination to stay till the end, whatever, whenever, that is. But the authorities have other ideas. Blueprints for a Barbed-Wire Canoe, Wayne Macauley's first novel, is a bitingly dark take on the great Australian dream. Fable-like, effortlessly readable and ultimately moving, it shows us in full measure the depth of Macauley's talent.' (Publication summary)
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Dedication: For my father, as promised.
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Epigraph: Brickwork of Ur, bitter is the wail, The wail set up for you! Nanna! Ur has been ravaged ... O my flooded, washed away brickwork of Ur! From an ancient Sumerian Poem.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Also sound recording.
- Large print.
Works about this Work
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Canon Fire
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 29-30 September 2012; (p. 20-21)
— Review of Caravan Story 2006 single work novella ; Blueprints for a Barbed-Wire Canoe 2004 single work novella -
The Space between Things
Emmett Stinson
(interviewer),
2011
single work
interview
— Appears in: Antithesis , no. 21 2011; (p. 166-169) -
Untitled
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Wet Ink , Autumn no. 2 2006; (p. 55-56)
— Review of Blueprints for a Barbed-Wire Canoe 2004 single work novella -
Real Life?
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , Autumn no. 182 2006; (p. 64-67)
— Review of The Marriage of the Sea 2003 single work novel ; The Singing 2005 single work novel ; Black Diamonds and Dust 2005 single work novel ; The Gift of Speed 2004 single work novel ; Another 2004 single work novel ; The Remarkable Resurrection of Lazaros X 2004 single work autobiography ; The Lost Tribe 2005 single work novel ; Chronicle of the Unsung 2004 single work autobiography ; Integrity 2004 single work novel ; Blueprints for a Barbed-Wire Canoe 2004 single work novella ; Scraps of Heaven 2004 single work novel - y Wayne Macauley's Blueprints for A Barbed-Wire Canoe Insight Text Guides – Blueprints for a Barbed-Wire Canoe Mentone : Insight Publications , 2005 6897451 2005 single work criticism
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Fiction
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 24 January 2004; (p. 4)
— Review of Blueprints for a Barbed-Wire Canoe 2004 single work novella -
A Descent into the Wildness of Isolation
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 5-6 June 2004; (p. 12)
— Review of Blueprints for a Barbed-Wire Canoe 2004 single work novella ; The Last Ride 2004 single work novel -
Real Life?
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , Autumn no. 182 2006; (p. 64-67)
— Review of The Marriage of the Sea 2003 single work novel ; The Singing 2005 single work novel ; Black Diamonds and Dust 2005 single work novel ; The Gift of Speed 2004 single work novel ; Another 2004 single work novel ; The Remarkable Resurrection of Lazaros X 2004 single work autobiography ; The Lost Tribe 2005 single work novel ; Chronicle of the Unsung 2004 single work autobiography ; Integrity 2004 single work novel ; Blueprints for a Barbed-Wire Canoe 2004 single work novella ; Scraps of Heaven 2004 single work novel -
Untitled
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Wet Ink , Autumn no. 2 2006; (p. 55-56)
— Review of Blueprints for a Barbed-Wire Canoe 2004 single work novella -
Canon Fire
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 29-30 September 2012; (p. 20-21)
— Review of Caravan Story 2006 single work novella ; Blueprints for a Barbed-Wire Canoe 2004 single work novella -
The Space between Things
Emmett Stinson
(interviewer),
2011
single work
interview
— Appears in: Antithesis , no. 21 2011; (p. 166-169) - y Wayne Macauley's Blueprints for A Barbed-Wire Canoe Insight Text Guides – Blueprints for a Barbed-Wire Canoe Mentone : Insight Publications , 2005 6897451 2005 single work criticism
- Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria,