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Talking 'Crabs' single work   interview  
Issue Details: First known date: 2017... 2017 Talking 'Crabs'
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'In Spring of 1972, Overland published a short story by a little-known writer from Bacchus Marsh. Two years later, this story opened Peter Carey's debut collection, The Fat Man in History, which launched his career here and internationally; he has since become that rare Australian literary figure who is both immensely popular and critically respected.' (Introduction)

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    y separately published work icon Overland vol. 228 Spring 2017 12331479 2017 periodical issue

    'It has been 100 years since the Tsarist Empire was undone by the will of millions of Russian workers, peasants, and disenfranchised. the first of the 1927 revolutions began - unexpectedly - on International Women's Day, when Petrograd's factories were overflowing with speeches on the state of women's lives.' (Editorial)

    2017
    pg. 82-84
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  • Crabs Peter Carey , 1972 single work short story
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