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David Ireland David Ireland i(A31438 works by) (a.k.a. David Neil Ireland)
Born: Established: 24 Aug 1927 Lakemba, Canterbury area, Sydney Inner West, Sydney, New South Wales, ; Died: Ceased: 26 Jul 2022
Gender: Male
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Details of Works Taught

Text Unit Name Institution Year
y separately published work icon The Glass Canoe David Ireland , South Melbourne : Macmillan , 1976 Z125181 1976 single work novel (taught in 1 units)

'On hot days we jumped fully clothed into our bottomless beer glasses and pushed off from shore without a backward look. Heading for the deep, where it was calm and cool.

'Meat Man is a regular at the Southern Cross pub in Sydney. With his tribe he sits and drinks and watches as life spirals around him. David Ireland’s novel tells his stories, about the pub, its patrons and their women, about the brutal, tender and unexpected places his glass canoe takes him.' (Publication summary)

Australian Literature: 1930 to the Present University of New England 2015 (Semester 2)
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