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Issue Details: First known date: 1988... 1988 Liars : Australian New Novelists
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Ringwood, Ringwood - Croydon - Kilsyth area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,:Penguin , 1988 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Prelude : The Logic of the Liar, Helen Daniel , single work criticism (p. 13-35)
Alarums and Excursions : Peter Mathers, Helen Daniel , single work criticism (p. 43-70)
The Alchemy of the Lie : David Foster, Helen Daniel , single work criticism (p. 77-104)
Double Agencies : David Ireland, Helen Daniel , single work criticism (p. 111-137)
Lies for Sale : Peter Carey, Helen Daniel , single work criticism (p. 145-184)
The Geometry of the Lie : Murray Bail, Helen Daniel , single work criticism (p. 191-224)
The Case Against Truth : Nicholas Hasluck, Helen Daniel , single work criticism (p. 231-261)
A Literary Offering : Elizabeth Jolley, Helen Daniel , single work criticism
'Compares Jolley's fiction to Bach's "Offering," her work consisting of "component literary fugues and canons, each one a fiction it itself, and the whole graceful totality." Examines Jolley's handling of time, characterization, narrative, and theme in this light' (Annotation in Robert L. Ross, Australian Literary Criticism - 1945-1988, 238).
 (p. 267-300)
The Landscape of the Lie : Gerald Murnane, Helen Daniel , single work criticism (p. 307-341)
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