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1 1 y separately published work icon Splitsville Sean Condon , Sydney : Pan Macmillan Australia , 2013 6078411 2013 single work novel humour

'Splitsville is a 21st century screwball comedy about a Manhattan company that breaks up relationships for people who can't say the words "It's over".

'Chester wants to leave his fiancée, Sara.

'Holly's looking for revenge after her boyfriend dumped her. And she's starting to develop a crush on Charlie.

'Charlie thinks it would be better for Sallie if she left the man in her life.

'Thurston would love to have a baby with Lainey because she's cute and because a TV executive thinks it'd be good for ratings.

'But Marvin the Millionaire Meat King wants Thurston and Lainey busted up.

'Lainey still has feelings for Charlie. Charlie's falling for Adelaide. And Adelaide's married to Rob.

'Luckily, there's a corporation that can work all this out for everybody and send them to the happiest place on earth.

Welcome to Splitsville.' (Publisher's blurb)
1 A Heedless Quest for Multiple Blurbasm Sean Condon , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 22-23 June 2013; (p. 18)
1 Her __ __ -Stained Eyes Sean Condon , 2008 single work short story
— Appears in: The Sleepers Almanac No. 4 2008; (p. 185-191)
1 Adverbially Sean Condon , 2007 single work short story
— Appears in: Wet Ink , Spring no. 8 2007; (p. 22-26)
1 Sean Condon's Method Sean Condon , 2007 single work column
— Appears in: The Newsletter of the Australian Centre for Youth Literature , November no. 3 2007; (p. 12-13)
1 8 y separately published work icon Michael Sweeney's Method Sean Condon , Camberwell : Penguin , 2007 Z1435388 2007 single work novel young adult 'Michael Sweeney and his friend Dud are just two of the many invisible nothings at their expensive school. They come from deep in the suburbs and they're not cool or tough or even that brainy. So they're pretty much left alone, until they make friends with the new American guy. And before long, Michael Sweeney is somebody. But that's just the beginning of his troubles...' (Publisher's blurb)
1 Star Trek Sean Condon , 2007 single work prose
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 20-21 January 2007; (p. 1, 4)
1 Witnesses Sean Condon , 2006 single work short story
— Appears in: The Sleepers Almanac 2006 : The Nervous System 2006; (p. 123-127)
1 Blocked Waters Sean Condon , 2006 single work column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 21-22 January 2006; (p. 2) Sean Condon reflects on the experience of having one's manuscript rejected by successive publishing houses.
1 My Bedside Table : Sean Condon Sean Condon , 2005 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 17 September 2005; (p. 6)
1 2 y separately published work icon The Secret of Success is a Secret : And Other Wise Words from Sean Condon Sean Condon , Prahran : Hardie Grant Books , 2005 Z1212591 2005 selected work column
1 A Dream Come True Sean Condon , 2004 single work column humour
— Appears in: Good Weekend , 11 September 2004; (p. 70)
1 2 y separately published work icon My 'Dam Life : Three Years in Holland Sean Condon , Melbourne : Lonely Planet , 2003 Z1018896 2003 single work autobiography humour
1 Condon Ah Um Sean Condon , 2002 single work autobiography
— Appears in: Big Night Out 2002; (p. 458-474)
1 Just Watch Me Sean Condon , 2001 single work autobiography
— Appears in: Good Weekend , 22 December 2001; (p. 38)
1 Relative Values : And the Winner isn't... Sean Condon , 2001 single work autobiography
— Appears in: Good Weekend , 27 October 2001; (p. 94)
1 7 y separately published work icon Film Sean Condon , Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2001 Z795654 2001 single work novel

'When eight-year-old Henry Powdermaker makes a short film that abruptly ends his parents' marriage, the course of his life is set. From that early traumatic moment Henry, who wants to be in films at any cost, has trouble distinguishing the real world from its celluloid counterpart. He lies in bed at night and imagines himself and his girlfriend Madeleine as the leads in a film, 'the only two swimmers in a sea of two-dimensional extras'. Later, his conviction that he actually is in a screwball comedy – he smokes a meerschaum pipe, wears tweed and calls everyone kid, bub, Joe or fella, including his boss – followed by the realisation that he is not Cary Grant propels him pretty rapidly onto the psychiatrist's couch. It's hard to keep track of yourself when you are constantly wishing you're someone else and Film brilliantly tracks Henry's Orson Wellesian dreams and extremely indirect path from home wrecker to Hollywood. It's a journey that is dramatic, funny, and oddly moving. Co-starring Charles Rocket as the best friend, Ethan Vaughan as the flatmate who looks like James Coburn with his head in a vice, Ethan's girlfriend Bambi Yessno as herself, Jack Powdermaker as 'Big Dad' (a professional cadaver in the making) and Alec Name as 'Henry Powdermaker'. Featuring controversial cameos by Quentin Tarantino, Janeane Garofalo, Peter Bogdanovich and many more. Rated PG.'

Source: Publisher;s blurb.
1 Writer Writes, Reluctantly Sean Condon , 2000 single work column biography
— Appears in: Good Weekend , 15 April 2000; (p. 70)
1 Smoke [The Age (Metro), 5 May 1997] Sean Condon , 1997 single work short story satire humour
— Appears in: The Age , 5 May 1997; (p. C1)
1 Smoke [The Age (Metro), 21 April 1997] Sean Condon , 1997 single work short story satire humour
— Appears in: The Age , 21 April 1997; (p. C1)
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