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'Waiting is a story of two odd couples in prose as marvellously idiosyncratic as its characters. Big is a hefty cross-dresser and Little is little. Both are long used to the routines of boarding house life in the inner suburbs of Melbourne, but Little, with the prospect of an inheritance, is beginning to indulge in the great Australian dream, which has Big worried. Little's cousin, Angus, is a solitary man who designs lake-scapes for city councils, and strangely constructed fireproof houses for the bushfire zone. A handy man, he meets Jasmin an academic who races in her ideas as much as in her runners. Her head is set on publishing books on semiotics and her heart is turned towards her stalled personal life. All four are waiting, for something if not someone.' (Publication summary)
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Dedication: For David
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
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- Braille.
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Miles Franklin Shortlist 2017
Nic Brasch
(interviewer),
Melbourne
:
Bad Producer Productions
,
2017
14751086
2017
single work
interview
'The shortlist for the 2017 Miles Franklin was announced on 18 June 2017, and this episode - featuring all five shortlisted authors - was released on 20 June 2017.
This episode features interviews with all five shortlisted authors: Emily Maguire (An Isolated Incident), Mark O'Flynn (The Last Days of Ava Langdon), Ryan O'Neill (Their Brilliant Careers), Philip Salom (Waiting) and Josephine Wilson (Extinctions).'
Source: Blurb.
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Heart-warming, Biting, Tragic, Funny: the Miles Franklin Shortlist Will Move You
2017
single work
essay
— Appears in: The Conversation , 6 September 2017;'The 2017 Miles Franklin Award winner will be announced tonight, but I’m not taking bets on who it’s likely to be. Each shortlisted novel is by a first-time nominee. Each is of satisfyingly high literary quality and very different in voice, logic, focus and story.' (Introduction)
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Philip Salom, Waiting
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 2 April 2016;
— Review of Waiting 2016 single work novel -
Space for Laughter
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , April no. 380 2016; (p. 38)
— Review of Waiting 2016 single work novel -
Waiting Review: Philip Salom's Odd Couple in a Dickensian Rooming House
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Brisbane Times , 15 April 2016;
— Review of Waiting 2016 single work novel
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Accommodating Demands of Survival
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 5-6 March 2016; (p. 16)
— Review of Waiting 2016 single work novel -
All Good Things Come to Those Who Wait, or Do They?
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 16-17 April 2016; (p. 29) The Age , 16-17 April 2016; (p. 29)
— Review of Waiting 2016 single work novel -
Waiting Review: Philip Salom's Odd Couple in a Dickensian Rooming House
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Brisbane Times , 15 April 2016;
— Review of Waiting 2016 single work novel -
Space for Laughter
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , April no. 380 2016; (p. 38)
— Review of Waiting 2016 single work novel -
Philip Salom, Waiting
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 2 April 2016;
— Review of Waiting 2016 single work novel -
Heart-warming, Biting, Tragic, Funny: the Miles Franklin Shortlist Will Move You
2017
single work
essay
— Appears in: The Conversation , 6 September 2017;'The 2017 Miles Franklin Award winner will be announced tonight, but I’m not taking bets on who it’s likely to be. Each shortlisted novel is by a first-time nominee. Each is of satisfyingly high literary quality and very different in voice, logic, focus and story.' (Introduction)
-
y
Miles Franklin Shortlist 2017
Nic Brasch
(interviewer),
Melbourne
:
Bad Producer Productions
,
2017
14751086
2017
single work
interview
'The shortlist for the 2017 Miles Franklin was announced on 18 June 2017, and this episode - featuring all five shortlisted authors - was released on 20 June 2017.
This episode features interviews with all five shortlisted authors: Emily Maguire (An Isolated Incident), Mark O'Flynn (The Last Days of Ava Langdon), Ryan O'Neill (Their Brilliant Careers), Philip Salom (Waiting) and Josephine Wilson (Extinctions).'
Source: Blurb.
Awards
- 2017 shortlisted Prime Minister's Literary Awards — Fiction
- 2017 shortlisted Miles Franklin Literary Award
- 2017 shortlisted Victorian Premier's Literary Awards — The Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction
- Melbourne, Victoria,