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'The scar on the back of Sweeney's head is shaped like an S. He is obsessed with the beauty of bicycles, which he steals after painting his face in astonishing shapes and patterns.
'Asha Sen is the psychiatrist he begins to see for sessions. Then he meets sisters Rose and Heather, two look-alike women who'd rather be different.
'Written with warmth and humour, this captivatingly original novel from the Miles Franklin shortlisted author Philip Salom opens us up to an intimate world of marvellous characters and unexpected developments. Trauma is balanced by the joys and weirdness of everyday life. Friendship and family just may be found in the unlikeliest of places.' (Publication summary)
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Hipster Bikes and the Talking Cure : Philip Salom’s Loveable Losers Provide a Glimpse of an Islanded Generation
2022
single work
review
— Appears in: The Conversation , 14 November 2022;
— Review of Sweeney and the Bicycles 2022 single work novel'Philip Salom, now 72, has built a strong reputation as a poet and novelist. Sweeney and the Bicycles is his sixth novel, and his third in four years.'
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Philip Salom : Sweeney and the Bicycles
2022
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 12-18 November 2022;
— Review of Sweeney and the Bicycles 2022 single work novel -
Swatting the Drones : Philip Salom’s Realist Fiction
2022
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 448 2022; (p. 41)
— Review of Sweeney and the Bicycles 2022 single work novel 'Philip Salom, now in his early seventies, has been a steady presence in Australian literature for more than four decades. Until a few years ago he was mainly known as a poet. He has published fourteen collections and won two awards for lifetime achievement in that field. Having turned to fiction in 2015, he has now published six novels. In Sweeney and the Bicycles, he returns to themes that have woven their way through much of his fiction: identity and selfhood, family and friendship, damage and healing, unlooked-for and unlikely middle-aged love.' (Introduction)
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Swatting the Drones : Philip Salom’s Realist Fiction
2022
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 448 2022; (p. 41)
— Review of Sweeney and the Bicycles 2022 single work novel 'Philip Salom, now in his early seventies, has been a steady presence in Australian literature for more than four decades. Until a few years ago he was mainly known as a poet. He has published fourteen collections and won two awards for lifetime achievement in that field. Having turned to fiction in 2015, he has now published six novels. In Sweeney and the Bicycles, he returns to themes that have woven their way through much of his fiction: identity and selfhood, family and friendship, damage and healing, unlooked-for and unlikely middle-aged love.' (Introduction) -
Philip Salom : Sweeney and the Bicycles
2022
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 12-18 November 2022;
— Review of Sweeney and the Bicycles 2022 single work novel -
Hipster Bikes and the Talking Cure : Philip Salom’s Loveable Losers Provide a Glimpse of an Islanded Generation
2022
single work
review
— Appears in: The Conversation , 14 November 2022;
— Review of Sweeney and the Bicycles 2022 single work novel'Philip Salom, now 72, has built a strong reputation as a poet and novelist. Sweeney and the Bicycles is his sixth novel, and his third in four years.'
