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Sunil Badami Sunil Badami i(A71249 works by)
Born: Established: 1974 Blacktown, Blacktown area, Sydney Outer West, Sydney, New South Wales, ;
Gender: Male
Heritage: Indian
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1 Shantaram – the Black White Man’s Burden Sunil Badami , 2022 single work review
— Appears in: The Conversation , 6 October 2022;
— Review of Shantaram 2018 series - publisher film/TV
1 Pandemic Soundtrack Sunil Badami , 2021 single work essay
— Appears in: Sydney Review of Books , September 2021; Open Secrets : Essays on the Writing Life 2022;

'As a writer, I’m always thinking two or three sentences ahead, two or three pages ahead, two or three chapters ahead, and back again, the process of writing much like thought itself, jumping from one place to another, like a chattering monkey leaping from branch to branch: moments and memories and ideas sparking and flashing and rustling like an erratic breeze through the leaves.' (Introduction)
1 Farther Sunil Badami , 2019 single work essay
— Appears in: Split : True Stories of Leaving, Loss and New Beginnings 2019;
1 [Review] Beyond Words: A Year with Kenneth Cook Sunil Badami , 2018 single work review
— Appears in: Southerly , December vol. 78 no. 3 2018; (p. 256-259)
— Review of Beyond Words : A Year with Kenneth Cook Jacqueline Kent , 2019 single work autobiography 'At a publishing acquaintance’s dinner party in 1985, Jacqueline Kent met the writer Kenneth cook, still best known for his visceral 1961 best-selling debut novel, Wake in Fright, a nightmarish glimpse into the red heart of darkness at the centre of Australian history and society.' (Introduction)
1 Flanagan Goes One Better with Web of Fiction Sunil Badami , 2017 single work column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 7 October 2017; (p. 20)

'Truth is stranger than fiction,' Mark Twain wrote in Following the Equator, the travelogue that included his visit to Australia. And 'Aust­ralian history.' he decided, 'does not read like history, but like the most beautiful of lies … but they are all true, they all happened.'Fiction and identity have been significant themes of Richard Flanagan’s work, with most of his books exploring the blurred borders between­ history and narrative, the public and the personal, truth and invention. (Introduction)
1 Return Sunil Badami , 2017 single work short story
— Appears in: Seizure [Online] , January 2017;
1 The Ugly Truth about Bad Cops Sunil Badami , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 19-20 November 2016; (p. 30)
— Review of Roger Rogerson : From Decorated Policeman to Convicted Criminal - The Inside Story Duncan McNab , 2016 single work biography
1 In Your Dreams Sunil Badami , 2015 single work essay
— Appears in: The Simple Act of Reading 2015; (p. 119-132)
1 Thrice Hitched to Allegory Sunil Badami , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: Sydney Review of Books , August 2015;
— Review of The Wonder Lover Malcolm Knox , 2015 single work novel
1 Swings and Roundabouts Sunil Badami , 2014 single work short story
— Appears in: Stories of Sydney 2014;
1 Case History No. 6 : Molluscular Dermatitis Sunil Badami , 2014 single work short story
— Appears in: Island , no. 137 2014; (p. 74-78) 'An aging actress looks out at the view from her hotel room: a shopping centre, KFC, a discount garage; the Pacific Ocean somewhere behind it all. A city that feels too big or too small (compared to the country, compared to London). You can't get lost. Her phone makes the sound of a Bernard Herrmann score...' (Publication abstract)
1 Talking at You, but Nust Who's Listening Sunil Badami , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 2-3 August 2014; (p. 21)
— Review of Here Come the Dogs Omar Musa , 2014 single work novel
1 Review : Tony Moore, Dancing with Empty Pockets: Australia’s Bohemians Sunil Badami , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: Long Paddock , vol. 73 no. 3 2013;
— Review of Dancing with Empty Pockets : Australia's Bohemians since 1860 Tony Moore , 2012 single work criticism
1 Sunil Badami Reviews Alien Shores Ed Sharon Rundle & Meenakshi Bharat Sunil Badami , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Mascara Literary Review , November no. 12 2012;
— Review of Alien Shores : Tales of Refugees and Asylum Seekers from Australia and the Indian Subcontinent 2012 anthology short story
1 The Most Beautiful Lies Sunil Badami , 2012 single work short story children's
— Appears in: I Met a Martian and Other Stories 2012; (p. 11-14)
1 Country and Western Sunil Badami , 2010 single work prose
— Appears in: The Best Australian Essays 2010 2010; (p. 161-168)
1 Glimpse into the Shadows Sunil Badami , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 6-7 March 2010; (p. 30)
— Review of Love Machine Clint Caward , 2010 single work novel
1 Re-Riding the Tiger Sunil Badami , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian Literary Review , July vol. 4 no. 6 2009; (p. 22)
— Review of Between the Assassinations Aravind Adiga , 2009 selected work novel
1 Rebecca Sunil Badami , 2009 single work short story
— Appears in: New Australian Stories 2009; (p. 166-182)
1 Something's Gotta Give Sunil Badami , 2009 single work short story
— Appears in: Meanjin , Autumn vol. 68 no. 1 2009; (p. 161-168) Relatively True : Stories of Truth, Deception, Post Truth from the Indian Subcontinent and Australia 2022;
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