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'Plumbum traces the fortunes of the five unalluring members of what is eventually the world's most successful heavy-metal band, from the drab, planned dullness of Canberra to the humid unpleasantness of Sydney to the violent nightmare of Calcutta, a city which effectively disperses the group's aspirations to mystic fulfillment.' (Publication summary)
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From Mudrooroo to David Foster: Australian Literary Representations of Kolkata
2010
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australia and India : Convergences and Divergences 2010; (p. 72-87) -
A Thousan' Miles from Nowhere: Plumbum and Dog Rock
2008
single work
criticism
— Appears in: David Foster : The Satirist of Australia 2008; (p. 87-111) -
The Quandary of an India Addict
1999
single work
biography
— Appears in: Studs and Nogs : Essays 1987-98 1999; (p. 149-158) -
Creating One's Hometown
1999
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: Studs and Nogs : Essays 1987-98 1999; (p. 1-18) -
The Poetics of David Foster's Fiction
1996
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , Autumn vol. 56 no. 1 1996; (p. 31-40)
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An Original and Some Vivid Variety
1983
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 20 December vol. 103 no. 5396 1983; (p. 62)
— Review of Plumbum 1983 single work novel ; The State of the Art : The Mood of Contemporary Australia in Short Stories 1983 anthology short story -
Disjunctive Worlds that Never Really Make a Point
1983
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 24-25 December, 1983; (p. 14)
— Review of Plumbum 1983 single work novel -
Cohesion Wanting
1984
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 14 April 1984; (p. 18)
— Review of Plumbum 1983 single work novel -
Compulsive of Repulsive - it Depends on Taste
1984
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 14 April, 1984; (p. 41)
— Review of Plumbum 1983 single work novel -
Novelist Intoxicated by Language and Rock'n'Roll
1984
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 28 January, 1984; (p. 13)
— Review of Plumbum 1983 single work novel -
Bare-Breech'd Brethren : The Novels of David Foster
1987
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , June vol. 47 no. 2 1987; (p. 126-144) -
A Thousan' Miles from Nowhere: Plumbum and Dog Rock
2008
single work
criticism
— Appears in: David Foster : The Satirist of Australia 2008; (p. 87-111) -
From Mudrooroo to David Foster: Australian Literary Representations of Kolkata
2010
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australia and India : Convergences and Divergences 2010; (p. 72-87) -
Surpassing Lunacy : The Novels of David Foster
1985
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Age Monthly Review , April vol. 4 no. 11 1985; (p. 3-4) -
Gerrymander : The Place of Suburbia in Australian Fiction
1990
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Meanjin , Spring vol. 49 no. 3 1990; (p. 565-575) Populous Places : Australian Cities and Towns 1992; (p. 19-30)
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Settings:
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cThailand,cSoutheast Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
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cIndia,cSouth Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
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cGermany,cWestern Europe, Europe,
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cNetherlands,cWestern Europe, Europe,
- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory,
- Sydney, New South Wales,
- 1970s
- 1980s
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