Blueprints for a Barbed-Wire Canoe
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- Paperback
224 pages
- Release Date
25 July 2012
Summary
A black comedy set in a new housing estate on the outskirts of Melbourne.
Bram and his fellow residents are drawn by a dream: the promise of a freeway leading to a new suburb north of the city. The houses are built, but the freeway never comes. One by one, the dreamers leave, until only a small, hardcore group is left—including Bram, One-eyed Michael, and Michael’s self-possessed daughter Jodie. As the disused houses crumble around them they barricade themselves in. T…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781922079114 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1922079111 |
| Author: | Wayne Macauley |
| Publisher: | Text Publishing |
| Imprint: | The Text Publishing Company |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 25 July 2012 |
| Weight: | 190g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 128mm |
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Critics Review
‘Wayne Macauley has the soul of a poet and his surreal novella is stunningly written… Itis a satire of exquisite poise and confidence… If more Australian literature was of this calibre, we’d be laughing.’ * Age *
‘ [It was] like falling into a bail of barbed wire in the dark and fighting to get out till morning. The more I struggled, the more it got under my skin.’ * The Bulletin *
‘A salutary fable about the horrors awaiting our disaffected modern citizenry… lasting visual images and resonant symbolism.’ * Sydney Morning Herald *
‘Bewitching… ethereal… hallucinatory…In an era when many Australian novelists are playing it safe… Wayne Macauley is an ambitious talent worth watching.’ * Wet Ink *
‘Tapping the hidden heart of a different Australia…this is original Australian writing at its best.’ * Courier-Mail *
About The Author
Wayne Macauley
Wayne Macauley is a Melbourne writer. He is the author of three highly acclaimed novels, Blueprints for a Barbed-Wire Canoe, Caravan Story and The Cook. He is a former winner of The Age short story competition and his short-fiction collection, Other Stories, shortlisted for the 2011 QLD Premier’s Awards.
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