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'Michael, an aspiring writer who has recently finished his PhD, takes a job as the secretary to his literary hero, Lucian Clarke, a reclusive novelist with a mysterious cosmopolitan past, who lives in a cottage in a village on a mountain outside Hobart which gives the book its title, Wood Green. Peopled by an ensemble cast, the local publican, the single mother who manages the pub’s kitchen, the unhappily married couple that runs the corner store, a newcomer from Johannesburg with a murky past, a snivelling B&B proprietor and a determined ex-girlfriend, Wood Green artfully evokes the claustrophobia of small-town life. While Michael believes he is making a new life for himself, Lucian has other plans. Rabin writes with wit and intelligence – and deftly executes an unsuspected plot twist – in his exploration of the perils of literary ambition and the elusive prospect of artistic legacy.' (Source: Publisher's website)
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Dedication: To Francesca and Jude
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Also large print.
Works about this Work
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Daniela Brozek Cordier Reviews Wood Green by Sean Rabin
2019
single work
— Appears in: Plumwood Mountain [Online] , August 2019;
— Review of Wood Green 2016 single work novel -
Delving into the Literary Recluse’s Domain
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 6-7 August 2016; (p. 25)
— Review of Wood Green 2016 single work novel ; The Last Days of Ava Langdon 2016 single work novel -
Literary Intrigue in a Portrait of Hobart
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 2 July 2016; (p. 20)
— Review of Wood Green 2016 single work novel -
Wood Green Review : Incisive Portrait of Hobart with No Escaped Convicts or Tasmanian Tigers
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Brisbane Times , 1 July 2016;
— Review of Wood Green 2016 single work novel ,Sean Rabin's first novel, Wood Green, is at once a brilliantly sustained comic performance, an anatomy of a small community halfway up a brooding mountainside, an imagining of the processes of making fiction and their human costs. ...' -
Sean Rabin, Wood Green
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 25 June 2016;
— Review of Wood Green 2016 single work novel
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Sean Rabin, Wood Green
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 25 June 2016;
— Review of Wood Green 2016 single work novel -
Wood Green Review : Incisive Portrait of Hobart with No Escaped Convicts or Tasmanian Tigers
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Brisbane Times , 1 July 2016;
— Review of Wood Green 2016 single work novel ,Sean Rabin's first novel, Wood Green, is at once a brilliantly sustained comic performance, an anatomy of a small community halfway up a brooding mountainside, an imagining of the processes of making fiction and their human costs. ...' -
Literary Intrigue in a Portrait of Hobart
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 2 July 2016; (p. 20)
— Review of Wood Green 2016 single work novel -
Delving into the Literary Recluse’s Domain
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 6-7 August 2016; (p. 25)
— Review of Wood Green 2016 single work novel ; The Last Days of Ava Langdon 2016 single work novel -
The Writers We Deserve
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Sydney Review of Books , October 2016;
— Review of Their Brilliant Careers : The Fantastic Lives of Sixteen Extraordinary Australian Writers 2016 selected work short story ; Wood Green 2016 single work novel
Awards
- 2017 longlisted ASAL Awards — ALS Gold Medal
- 2017 shortlisted Victorian Premier's Literary Awards — The Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction
- 2016 shortlisted Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction
- Hobart, Southeast Tasmania, Tasmania,
- Mount Wellington, Hobart, Southeast Tasmania, Tasmania,