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Issue Details: First known date: 1993... 1993 Offcuts : From a Legal Literary Life
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Nedlands, Inner Perth, Perth, Western Australia,:UWA Publishing , 1993 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Offcuts : From a Legal Literary Life : Introduction, Veronica Brady , single work criticism (p. ix-xiii)
Oxford Days, Nicholas Hasluck , single work essay (p. 3-17)
Devising Legal Fictions, Nicholas Hasluck , single work criticism (p. 18-24)
Practising with Holmes a Court, Nicholas Hasluck , single work criticism biography (p. 25-36)
The Antipodean Panoptique: Penal Colonies Down Under The Making of "The Country Without Music" : The Antipodean Panoptique, Nicholas Hasluck , single work criticism (p. 48-60)
The Saga of Legal Eaglei"Judges, barristers, solicitors and clerks,", Nicholas Hasluck , single work poetry satire (p. 70-88)
Getting Published, Nicholas Hasluck , single work criticism (p. 91-100)
Impudent Friends, Nicholas Hasluck , single work criticism (p. 101-112)
The Past's Deceitful Dream, Nicholas Hasluck , single work criticism (p. 113-126)
A Dream Divided : ii"They kept it near to hand;", Nicholas Hasluck , single work poetry (p. 125-126)
A Sense of Time and Place : The Untold Story, Nicholas Hasluck , single work criticism (p. 127-132)
Untitled Prose Piece VII, Nicholas Hasluck , single work criticism (p. 133-135)
Encounters with Patrick White, Nicholas Hasluck , single work criticism (p. 136-141)
The Remains of Excellence, Nicholas Hasluck , single work criticism

'I received the invitation to speak at the Melbourne Writers' Festival on "The Notion of Excellence" at about the same time as I finished reading The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro. The invitation suggested that, in exploring the chosen topic, I might like to address a number of questions which are of interest to literati in present-day Australia. Are there objective standards of excellence in writing and publishing? Who decides? Who wins? Who loses? Who cares? It struck me immediately that Ishiguro's fascinating novel, a recent winner of the Booker Prize and the work of someone from another place, was a way of discussing these issues freely.'

Source: Abstract.

 (p. 142-149)
Deaths and Entrances, Nicholas Hasluck , single work review
— Review of La Mort de Napoléon Simon Leys , 1986 single work novel ; (p. 193-194)
The Arts Labyrinth, Nicholas Hasluck , single work criticism (p. 195-214)
Writing Places, Nicholas Hasluck , single work criticism (p. 217-225)
Cracker Barrels and Covered Bridges, Nicholas Hasluck , single work autobiography travel (p. 226-234)
On Top of Old Smoky, Nicholas Hasluck , single work autobiography travel (p. 235-241)
Faulkner Country, Nicholas Hasluck , single work autobiography travel (p. 242-246)
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