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'This book tells the story of John Clarke’s writing life, including the fan letter he sent to All Black Terry Lineen when he was ten, a golf instruction manual unlike any other, Anna Karenina in forty-three words, and the moving essays he wrote after the deaths of his parents.' (Publication)
Contents
- Introduction, single work poetry
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Sound recording.
Works about this Work
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Classic Clarke Has Last Laugh
2017
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 30 December 2017; (p. 18)
— Review of A Pleasure to Be Here : The Best of Clarke and Dawe 1989–2017 2017 selected work interview ; Tinkering : The Complete Book of John Clarke 2017 selected work poetry prose essay ; The Tournament 2002 single work novel'What an extraordinary fellow John Clarke was: a comedian who savoured poetry, a political satirist who didn’t do impersonations, a comic genius who was genial. When Clarke died in April, aged 68, while tracking down his beloved birds in the bush, it was apparent he was special to a great swag of people. He was special to people because he was special in himself.' (Introduction)
-
Classic Clarke Has Last Laugh
2017
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 30 December 2017; (p. 18)
— Review of A Pleasure to Be Here : The Best of Clarke and Dawe 1989–2017 2017 selected work interview ; Tinkering : The Complete Book of John Clarke 2017 selected work poetry prose essay ; The Tournament 2002 single work novel'What an extraordinary fellow John Clarke was: a comedian who savoured poetry, a political satirist who didn’t do impersonations, a comic genius who was genial. When Clarke died in April, aged 68, while tracking down his beloved birds in the bush, it was apparent he was special to a great swag of people. He was special to people because he was special in himself.' (Introduction)
