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In this cheeky and warm rediscovery of Tasmania and its at times dark history, Tim and his wife Ros travel with their robust camper trailer and four-wheel drive to some of the quirkier outposts of island civilisation (stopping at a winery or three along the way) through landscapes of incomparable beauty and devastating desolation. With a cast of characters as memorable as they are eccentric, The Devil in Tim is a generous portrait of the island and its fiercely proud people. A fascinating and humorous account of a rapidly changing Tasmania, told by one of Australia's best travel writers and most infectious raconteurs. The Devil in Tim belongs in every suitcase and every backpack of every visitor to Tasmania, no matter whether it is for the first time or the tenth.' (Publisher's blurb)
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Dedication: For Ros.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
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Island Home : Returning to Tasmania in Peter Conrad's Down Home (1988) and Tim Bowden's The Devil in Tim (2005)
2016
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Studies in Travel Writing , vol. 20 no. 1 2016; (p. 100-115)'Tasmania is often spoken of domestically as a “problem”. Indeed, talk of “the problem of Tasmania” circulates through intellectual and governmental as much as everyday discourse. For writers like Peter Conrad and Tim Bowden – expatriate Tasmanians who write of their “return” to the island – the discourse on the problem of Tasmania is particularly challenging. As returnees, the narrators of Conrad’s Down Home (1988) and Bowden’s The Devil in Tim (2005) engage in reflections on identity, alterity and history in ways that exploit and resist the stereotypes, tropes and narratives that have traditionally underpinned discussion of the Tasmanian problem. This essay argues that while the texts can be read as complicit with the ideology that sustains the idea of that problem, in their turn to encounters with “ordinary” Tasmania they present alternative visions of the state that question the ideologies that position the island as limited, backward and perpetually beset by intransigent challenges.'
Source: Abstract.
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Untitled
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 21 May 2005; (p. 10)
— Review of The Devil in Tim : Travels in Tasmania 2005 single work autobiography -
Extraordinary Ramblings with Ordinary Folk
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 14 May 2005; (p. 17)
— Review of The Devil in Tim : Travels in Tasmania 2005 single work autobiography -
In Short : Non-Fiction
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 7-8 May 2005; (p. 27)
— Review of The Devil in Tim : Travels in Tasmania 2005 single work autobiography
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In Short : Non-Fiction
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 7-8 May 2005; (p. 27)
— Review of The Devil in Tim : Travels in Tasmania 2005 single work autobiography -
Extraordinary Ramblings with Ordinary Folk
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 14 May 2005; (p. 17)
— Review of The Devil in Tim : Travels in Tasmania 2005 single work autobiography -
Untitled
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 21 May 2005; (p. 10)
— Review of The Devil in Tim : Travels in Tasmania 2005 single work autobiography -
Island Home : Returning to Tasmania in Peter Conrad's Down Home (1988) and Tim Bowden's The Devil in Tim (2005)
2016
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Studies in Travel Writing , vol. 20 no. 1 2016; (p. 100-115)'Tasmania is often spoken of domestically as a “problem”. Indeed, talk of “the problem of Tasmania” circulates through intellectual and governmental as much as everyday discourse. For writers like Peter Conrad and Tim Bowden – expatriate Tasmanians who write of their “return” to the island – the discourse on the problem of Tasmania is particularly challenging. As returnees, the narrators of Conrad’s Down Home (1988) and Bowden’s The Devil in Tim (2005) engage in reflections on identity, alterity and history in ways that exploit and resist the stereotypes, tropes and narratives that have traditionally underpinned discussion of the Tasmanian problem. This essay argues that while the texts can be read as complicit with the ideology that sustains the idea of that problem, in their turn to encounters with “ordinary” Tasmania they present alternative visions of the state that question the ideologies that position the island as limited, backward and perpetually beset by intransigent challenges.'
Source: Abstract.
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