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Is part of
Grafton Everest Adventures
1986
series - author
novel
(number
5
in series)
Issue Details:
First known date:
2015...
2015
Going Out Backwards
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'Bumbling Mangoland academic, Professor Dr Grafton Everest, has been elected to the Australian Senate, without really knowing why, and due to the influx of weird Independents, finds himself holding the balance of power. Despite this, his personal life is a train wreck. A prostatectomy has left him impotent, his daughter is staging a theatrical event with an outlaw motorcycle gang and he suspects his wife is planning to have him put to sleep. On top of it all, Australia is facing natural disaster from Tectonic Change. Can Grafton save his family, his country and himself?'
Source: Publication summary.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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An Appallingly Undeniable Vision
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: Quadrant , December vol. 59 no. 12 2015; (p. 84-85)
— Review of Going Out Backwards 2015 selected work short story -
The Highs and Lows of a Man Called Everest
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 13 October 2015; (p. 46)
— Review of Going Out Backwards 2015 selected work short story -
Australian Fiction
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 7-8 November 2015; (p. 23)
— Review of Hope Farm 2015 single work novel ; Locust Girl : A Lovesong 2015 single work novel ; Formaldehyde 2015 single work novella ; Going Out Backwards 2015 selected work short story -
Scary Vision of a World like Ours
2015
single work
column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 10-11 October 2015; (p. 21) -
Grafton Takes a Tumble
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Institute Review , no. 2 2015;
— Review of Going Out Backwards 2015 selected work short story
-
Australian Fiction
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 7-8 November 2015; (p. 23)
— Review of Hope Farm 2015 single work novel ; Locust Girl : A Lovesong 2015 single work novel ; Formaldehyde 2015 single work novella ; Going Out Backwards 2015 selected work short story -
The Highs and Lows of a Man Called Everest
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 13 October 2015; (p. 46)
— Review of Going Out Backwards 2015 selected work short story -
An Appallingly Undeniable Vision
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: Quadrant , December vol. 59 no. 12 2015; (p. 84-85)
— Review of Going Out Backwards 2015 selected work short story -
Grafton Takes a Tumble
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Institute Review , no. 2 2015;
— Review of Going Out Backwards 2015 selected work short story -
Scary Vision of a World like Ours
2015
single work
column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 10-11 October 2015; (p. 21)
Awards
- 2017 shortlisted Russell Prize for Humour Writing
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