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'Morris Lurie, master story-teller, tackles everything and anything he can "give a crack with the edge of his brain". This is Lurie on women, Tom Wolfe, Station Pier and on holiday; Lurie in love, in trouble and in full flight.' (Source: back cover)
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Dedication: For Clement Meadmore
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Comprises 24 vignettes containing autobiographical references.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Fitzroy,
Fitzroy - Collingwood area,
Melbourne - North,
Melbourne,
Victoria,:
Ringwood,
Ringwood - Croydon - Kilsyth area,
Melbourne - East,
Melbourne,
Victoria,:McPhee Gribble
,Penguin
, 1988 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- The Incomparable Tom Conti and Me My Life as a Movie, single work prose (p. 1-7)
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Self Portrait : Self-Portrait in Various Prose Styles with Attendant Props and Dad,
single work
prose
(p. 9-13)
Note: With title: Self-Portrait
- A Pretend Tourist in Pretend Sydney, single work prose (p. 15-19)
- Skip Dinner, Gain Many Pounds, single work prose (p. 21-24)
- New York Heatwave, Hello and Goodbye, single work prose (p. 25-32)
- When a Rat Parks, single work prose (p. 33-37)
- Aspects of Melbourne, single work prose (p. 39-45)
- Blowout in Chinatown, Duck Tongue in Cheek, single work prose (p. 47-51)
- Broadway Arab, single work prose (p. 53-57)
- Going to Schools Talking to Kids, single work prose (p. 59-63)
- Crying Uncle, single work prose (p. 65-69)
- Questionnaire, single work prose (p. 71-75)
- Blazing Wolfe, single work prose (p. 77-82)
- Radish Farm, single work prose (p. 83-85)
- Visit to a Poisoned School, single work prose (p. 87-92)
- Honey Doughnuts, single work prose (p. 93-94)
- Saying No When What You Really Mean is No, single work prose (p. 95-98)
- The True Glory of Travel, single work prose (p. 99-103)
- What the Stories Tell Us, What the Stories Are For, single work prose (p. 105-109)
- On Women, single work prose (p. 111-115)
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