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'Fielding, a professor of literature (is it a roman a clef? one asks oneself), sets out to write pornography to pay his dangerous debts. [...] The title, 'Seven Books for Grossman', is descriptive. Grossman is a publisher; Fielding holes up in a hotel and writes seven filthy works for him. With a little help from modern classics: 'The Catcher in the Rye', 'As I Lay Dying', 'Slaughterhouse Five', et cetera. In other words, his pornography is parody.'
Source:
Halligan, Marion. 'Games with Punning, Parody and Porn', Canberra Times, 31 March 1984, p.26.
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Dedication: Not for Anna C., but thanks all the same.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
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Light, Clever and Pure Escapism
1984
single work
review
— Appears in: The Toowoomba Chronicle , 10 April 1984; (p. 28)
— Review of Seven Books for Grossman : Fiction 1983 single work novel -
Breaking Bones in Colonial New Guinea
1984
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 14 February vol. 104 no. 5403 1984; (p. 57-58)
— Review of Seven Books for Grossman : Fiction 1983 single work novel -
Games with Punning, Parody and Porn
1984
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 31 March 1984; (p. 26)
— Review of Seven Books for Grossman : Fiction 1983 single work novel -
Crispy Jokes on Porn Fantasy
1984
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 3-4 March 1984;
— Review of Seven Books for Grossman : Fiction 1983 single work novel -
Games on the Edge
1984
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 11 February 1984; (p. 15)
— Review of The Will to Fall 1984 single work novel ; Seven Books for Grossman : Fiction 1983 single work novel
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Light, Clever and Pure Escapism
1984
single work
review
— Appears in: The Toowoomba Chronicle , 10 April 1984; (p. 28)
— Review of Seven Books for Grossman : Fiction 1983 single work novel -
Games on the Edge
1984
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 11 February 1984; (p. 15)
— Review of The Will to Fall 1984 single work novel ; Seven Books for Grossman : Fiction 1983 single work novel -
Crispy Jokes on Porn Fantasy
1984
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 3-4 March 1984;
— Review of Seven Books for Grossman : Fiction 1983 single work novel -
Games with Punning, Parody and Porn
1984
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 31 March 1984; (p. 26)
— Review of Seven Books for Grossman : Fiction 1983 single work novel -
Breaking Bones in Colonial New Guinea
1984
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 14 February vol. 104 no. 5403 1984; (p. 57-58)
— Review of Seven Books for Grossman : Fiction 1983 single work novel
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