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'The debut collection of fiction by Nicholas John Turner describes a world on the fringes of great art; editors, audiences, academics, amateurs, lovers, failures, onlookers and innocent bystanders.
'Each of these elusive stories emerges from its narrator's mind and works its way under the reader's skin. From a Centenarian stuck in a shrinking Parisian apartment, to twins arranging escorts on the Caribbean Coast; in place of clear narratives, straightforward logic, and neatly extractable meaning, Turner imposes the strange and irreducible philosophies of his marginal narrators.
'The effect is a series of curious and intimate profiles that brings an unnerving denominator to the surface, and takes the reader where mere pointing will not.
'Darkly comic, intellectually playful, its complexity unfolding with originality and deftness, 'Hang Him When He Is Not There' is a meditation on the relationship between artists and subjects, creations and beholders, and ultimately between violence and victims.' (Publication summary)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Daring Debut Built on a Smashed Narrative
2018
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 20 January 2018; (p. 21)
— Review of Hang Him When He Is Not There 2016 selected work short story'From 2014 to 2016, Nicholas Turner documented the “aesthetics of sport at a grassroots level” for an online website he founded with a friend. Turner’s idiosyncratic reports on amateur sports — from dancing to arm-wrestling, schoolboy rugby to rodeo — made international lists of “best online writing” and led to interest from a British literary agent, who wanted him to produce a collection of longer essays.' (Introduction)
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A Feast of Bite-Sized Gems
2016
single work
column
— Appears in: The West Australian , 19 October 2016; (p. 18)
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Daring Debut Built on a Smashed Narrative
2018
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 20 January 2018; (p. 21)
— Review of Hang Him When He Is Not There 2016 selected work short story'From 2014 to 2016, Nicholas Turner documented the “aesthetics of sport at a grassroots level” for an online website he founded with a friend. Turner’s idiosyncratic reports on amateur sports — from dancing to arm-wrestling, schoolboy rugby to rodeo — made international lists of “best online writing” and led to interest from a British literary agent, who wanted him to produce a collection of longer essays.' (Introduction)
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A Feast of Bite-Sized Gems
2016
single work
column
— Appears in: The West Australian , 19 October 2016; (p. 18)
Awards
- 2019 longlisted Republic of Consciousness Prize