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Is part of
Boomeroo Trilogy
1985-1986
series - author
novel
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First known date:
1982...
1982
My Blue-Checker Corker and Me
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- y Boomeroo! 1986 11615547 1986 single work drama
Notes
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Epigraph: Our ideas and our instincts work upon our memory of these people who have lived before us, and so they take some clarity of outline. It's not to our credit to think we begin today, and it's not to our glory to think we end today. All through time we keep coming into the shore like waves. You stick to your blood, son; there's a certain fierceness in blood that can bind you with the long community of life. - Stark Young, So Red the Rose
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Epigraph: It isn't easy to resurrect a place that exists farther away than dreams: only memories can afford the frail embellishments. This is the excuse I offer for the melded topographic lies and surrendering anachronisms.
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Author's note: It isn't easy to resurrect a place that exists farther away than dreams; only memories can afford the frail embellishments. This is the ecuse I offer for the melded topographic lies and surrounding anachronisms.
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Dedication: This book could not have been written without the support of my mother, Janice, who loved five kids through the insanity of childhood to the unquiet peace of their safer, somewhat selves... without the encouragement of Niels Stevens who has motivated young Australians to mould imagination for the pleasure of others... without the baton of Beatrice Davis who deals in truth.. nor without the guidance of Canada Jack, a perennial old bastard, who told me so much about the enduring pigeons my great-grandfather, Big Dar, flew throughout his resloute life that I feel I have lived before in a dulcet, richer but poorer world.. and I regret that I haven't.
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Book 2 of the Boomeroo Trilogy.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Also sound recording.
Works about this Work
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Vogel Winner Claims He Never Wrote a Word
1996
single work
column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 2-3 March 1996; (p. 3) -
[Review] Jack Rivers and Me
1987
single work
review
— Appears in: Antipodes , March vol. 1 no. 1 1987; (p. 55)
— Review of Jack Rivers and Me 1981 single work novel ; My Blue-Checker Corker and Me 1982 single work novel -
Welcome Back to Boomeroo
1982
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 6 November 1982; (p. 31)
— Review of My Blue-Checker Corker and Me 1982 single work novel -
Pubescent Smut Lowers the Tone Something Wonderful
1982
single work
review
— Appears in: The National Times , 24-30 October 1982; (p. 22)
— Review of My Blue-Checker Corker and Me 1982 single work novel -
Connoisseur's Fiction Guide
1982
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 13 November 1982; (p. 13)
— Review of Getting Away with It : A Novel 1982 single work novel ; Faith of Our Fathers 1982 selected work short story ; My Blue-Checker Corker and Me 1982 single work novel
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Connoisseur's Fiction Guide
1982
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 13 November 1982; (p. 13)
— Review of Getting Away with It : A Novel 1982 single work novel ; Faith of Our Fathers 1982 selected work short story ; My Blue-Checker Corker and Me 1982 single work novel -
[Review] Jack Rivers and Me
1987
single work
review
— Appears in: Antipodes , March vol. 1 no. 1 1987; (p. 55)
— Review of Jack Rivers and Me 1981 single work novel ; My Blue-Checker Corker and Me 1982 single work novel -
Pubescent Smut Lowers the Tone Something Wonderful
1982
single work
review
— Appears in: The National Times , 24-30 October 1982; (p. 22)
— Review of My Blue-Checker Corker and Me 1982 single work novel -
Welcome Back to Boomeroo
1982
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 6 November 1982; (p. 31)
— Review of My Blue-Checker Corker and Me 1982 single work novel -
Vogel Winner Claims He Never Wrote a Word
1996
single work
column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 2-3 March 1996; (p. 3)
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