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'Vernon is an expatriate Australian journalist working in Manhattan for a quality New York daily and Dida is a freelance mobile telephone technician. Muffy is their little white dog, and the world's cutest urban philosopher. When Vernon falls so deeply in love with Dida he stops going to work to be with her, they could not have predicted his former employers would ask, plead, beg, threaten, kidnap and probably even murder to convince Vernon to return to the workplace.
Vernon, Dida and Muffy determine to get to the bottom of all this. They search through dodgy Wall Street transactions, oppressive correspondence, muffled answering machine messages and undertake good twin/bad twin routines and failed hypnotherapy in their search for the truth. In the rare quiet moments, Vernon worries about his dwindling Australianness.
The Blindman's Hat is Paul Auster with added exuberant silliness, Sara Paretsky stuffed full of red herrings, and Herge overcome by lust.' (Publisher's blurb)
Vernon, Dida and Muffy determine to get to the bottom of all this. They search through dodgy Wall Street transactions, oppressive correspondence, muffled answering machine messages and undertake good twin/bad twin routines and failed hypnotherapy in their search for the truth. In the rare quiet moments, Vernon worries about his dwindling Australianness.
The Blindman's Hat is Paul Auster with added exuberant silliness, Sara Paretsky stuffed full of red herrings, and Herge overcome by lust.' (Publisher's blurb)
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Speculations on Life in New York
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: Antipodes , June vol. 12 no. 1 1998; (p. 50)
— Review of The Blindman's Hat 1997 single work novel -
Accidental Detective
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , Autumn no. 150 1998; (p. 111-112)
— Review of The Blindman's Hat 1997 single work novel -
1998 : The Best Young Australian Novelists : Bernard Cohen
1998
single work
biography
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 2 May 1998; (p. 8) -
The Blindman's Hat
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: Blast , Spring-Summer no. 35 1997-1998; (p. 25)
— Review of The Blindman's Hat 1997 single work novel -
Off the Shelf
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian Jewish News , 26 December vol. 64 no. 13 1997; (p. 23)
— Review of The Blindman's Hat 1997 single work novel
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Satire Bounces Back
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 30-31 August 1997; (p. rev 7)
— Review of The Hoax 1997 single work novel ; The Blindman's Hat 1997 single work novel -
Satire of a Winner
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 27 September 1997; (p. 15)
— Review of The Hoax 1997 single work novel ; The Blindman's Hat 1997 single work novel -
Hats Off to an Outrageous Yarn - and the Odd Chapters are Even Better
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 30 August 1997; (p. 10s)
— Review of The Blindman's Hat 1997 single work novel -
A Silly New York Crime Story
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 6 September 1997; (p. wkd 8)
— Review of The Blindman's Hat 1997 single work novel -
A New York Story
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian Jewish News (What's On) , 12 September vol. 63 no. 51 1997; (p. WO7)
— Review of The Blindman's Hat 1997 single work novel -
Up, Up and Away
1997
single work
column
biography
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 26 August vol. 116 no. 6086 1997; (p. 76) -
Cohen Reaps Reward for His Fast-Lane Fun
1996
single work
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biography
— Appears in: The Age , 18 September 1996; (p. B5) -
And the Winner is: A Book on Muffy
1996
single work
column
biography
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 18 September 1996; (p. 15) -
Australia Unmade
1997
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 6 September 1997; (p. 5s) -
Prize-Winning Author's Tall Tale
1997
single work
column
biography
— Appears in: The Australian Jewish News (What's On) , 12 September vol. 63 no. 51 1997; (p. WO5)
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