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Notes
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- Dedication: For my mother, Mildred Alice Crothall, 1905-87
- Also published in braille and sound recording formats.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
St Lucia,
Indooroopilly - St Lucia area,
Brisbane - North West,
Brisbane,
Queensland,:University of Queensland Press
, 1988 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Pity the Dumb Beast, single work short story (p. 1-11)
- Remember the Rug, single work short story (p. 12-24)
- The Ego in Arcadia, single work short story (p. 25-34)
- The Noise of the Lorries, single work short story (p. 35-47)
- Trespassers or Guests?, single work short story (p. 48-64)
- Family Album, single work short story (p. 65-76)
- Thrift, single work short story (p. 77-99)
- Down to Earth, single work short story (p. 100-109)
- A Whiff of Brimstone, single work short story (p. 110-125)
- A Leisurely Drowning, single work short story (p. 126-144)
- A Cage of Gold, single work short story (p. 145-157)
- Fat Chance, single work short story (p. 158-168)
- Paris Vicarious, single work short story (p. 169-177)
- A Gigolo, Miss Emery?, single work short story (p. 178-192)
- Hard Sausage, single work short story (p. 193-197)
- The Living Hothouse, single work short story (p. 198-209)
- Mozart is Best, single work short story (p. 210-215)
- The Marble Angel, single work short story (p. 216-230)
- The Oak Bed, single work short story (p. 231-249)
- The Gauter Letters, single work short story (p. 250-264)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Travellers' Tales
1992
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Studies , November no. 6 1992; (p. 68-80) -
Four Short Story Collections Entertain, Take Risks...
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: Antipodes , Spring vol. 4 no. 1 1990; (p. 67)
— Review of The Living Hothouse 1988 selected work short story ; Bleak Rooms 1988 selected work short story ; Expressway : Invitation Stories by Australian Writers from a Painting by Jeffrey Smart 1989 anthology short story ; Australian Short Stories 1982 periodical (67 issues) -
Untitled
1989
single work
review
— Appears in: The Good Reading Guide 1989; (p. 97)
— Review of The Living Hothouse 1988 selected work short story -
Newcastle in Cultural Contrast
1989
single work
review
— Appears in: The Newcastle Herald , 4 February. 1989; (p. 10)
— Review of The Living Hothouse 1988 selected work short story -
Under Cultivation
1989
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age Monthly Review , March vol. 8 no. 11 1989; (p. 7-8)
— Review of The Rose Fancier 1988 selected work short story ; The Living Hothouse 1988 selected work short story
-
Four Short Story Collections Entertain, Take Risks...
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: Antipodes , Spring vol. 4 no. 1 1990; (p. 67)
— Review of The Living Hothouse 1988 selected work short story ; Bleak Rooms 1988 selected work short story ; Expressway : Invitation Stories by Australian Writers from a Painting by Jeffrey Smart 1989 anthology short story ; Australian Short Stories 1982 periodical (67 issues) -
Highs, Lows in Two Local Collections
1988
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 31 December. 1988; (p. 6)
— Review of Bad Mothers : Stories 1988 selected work short story ; The Living Hothouse 1988 selected work short story -
Fiction Notes
1989
single work
review
— Appears in: The Phoenix Review , Spring no. 4 1989; (p. 115-119)
— Review of North Wind 1982 selected work short story ; The Living Hothouse 1988 selected work short story ; Quickening and Other Stories 1989 selected work short story ; Regards to the Czar 1988 sequence short story ; The Woman at the Window 1989 selected work short story ; The Shipwreck Party 1989 selected work short story ; The Motorcycle Cafe 1988 single work novel ; The Glass Whittler and Other Stories 1988 selected work short story ; The Hanged Man in the Garden 1989 selected work short story -
Under Cultivation
1989
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age Monthly Review , March vol. 8 no. 11 1989; (p. 7-8)
— Review of The Rose Fancier 1988 selected work short story ; The Living Hothouse 1988 selected work short story -
Fetish for Food and an Eye for Antiques
1988
single work
review
— Appears in: The Melbourne Times , 14 December 1988; (p. 19)
— Review of The Living Hothouse 1988 selected work short story -
Literary Prize for Halligan
1989
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 9 September 1989; (p. 17) -
Travellers' Tales
1992
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Studies , November no. 6 1992; (p. 68-80) -
Local Author Wins Award
1989
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 14 September 1989; (p. 4) -
Book Notes
1989
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 16 September 1989; (p. 84)
Awards
- 1989 winner Braille Book of the Year Award
- 1989 joint winner Warana Writers' Awards — Steele Rudd Award
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