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Christopher Heffernan Christopher Heffernan i(A10540 works by) (a.k.a. Chris Heffernan)
Born: Established: 1962 Adelaide, South Australia, ; Died: Ceased: 2014
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Thailand,
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Southeast Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
Gender: Male
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1 y separately published work icon Deliria Christopher Heffernan , Carwoola : Odyssey Books , 2015 11400611 2015 single work novel young adult

'Meet William. He's twenty-two. He's highly intelligent. He's an acerbic critic of Australian suburban life. And he's lost. Chafing against his rural-Aussie background, William sees a university career in Thailand as his intellectual salvation, but he just can't seem to get it together. When he bumps into a childhood friend, Deliria, now a scorchingly attractive eighteen-year-old music student, she reveals a secret: she's a compulsive shoplifter. Of course, he's now completely smitten. Outclassed and intimidated, William tries to win her over by aiding and abetting her in a succession of minor thefts, and saving her life whenever things go awry. Overflowing with the riotous immediacy of desire, Deliria is a comic-serious exploration of an educated young man's quest to find his way in the world. A love song to Deliria, Thailand and twelfth-century French poetry, it proves that literary cultivation, savoir faire, bravery, sexual obsession, moral laxity and complete stupidity can exist in the one person.' (Synopsis)
1 A Game of Snooker i "A Christian friend of mine,", Christopher Heffernan , 1988 single work poetry
— Appears in: Friendly Street Poetry Reader : Twelve 1988; (p. 42)
1 Three Monologues Christopher Heffernan , 1987 sequence poetry
— Appears in: LiNQ , vol. 15 no. 1 1987; (p. 34-36)
1 Feared Academic: i "A lady student said to me:", Christopher Heffernan , 1987 single work poetry
— Appears in: LiNQ , vol. 15 no. 1 1987; (p. 35-36)
1 Actress: i "New plays float or sink in my bath.", Christopher Heffernan , 1987 single work poetry
— Appears in: LiNQ , vol. 15 no. 1 1987; (p. 35)
1 Spoken by a Pop Guitarist i "Ah, the unplugging of amplifiers", Christopher Heffernan , 1987 single work poetry
— Appears in: LiNQ , vol. 15 no. 1 1987; (p. 34-35) Friendly Street Poetry Reader : Eleven 1987; (p. 61)
1 To a Classical Guitarist Whose Girlfriend Left him to Set up House with a Writer of Advertising Jingles i "Because she preferred the clater of a till to the murmur of a guitar", Christopher Heffernan , 1986 single work poetry
— Appears in: Friendly Street Poetry Reader : Ten 1986; (p. 48)
1 Articles Left in a Will i "A favourite uncle has died", Christopher Heffernan , 1986 single work poetry
— Appears in: Friendly Street Poetry Reader : Ten 1986; (p. 48)
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