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Laurie Clancy Laurie Clancy i(A4907 works by) (a.k.a. Laurence James Clancy)
Also writes as: Horace A. Bridgfunt
Born: Established: 2 Dec 1942 Melbourne, Victoria, ; Died: Ceased: 16 Jul 2010 Melbourne, Victoria,
Gender: Male
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1 Something Momentous Laurie Clancy , single work review
— Review of Neap Tide Dorothy Hewett , 1999 single work novel
1 3 y separately published work icon Jovial Harbinger of Doom : The Short Stories of Laurie Clancy Laurie Clancy , Richard Freadman (editor), Port Adelaide : Ginninderra Press , 2014 7919728 2014 selected work short story

'A master of melancholic wit, Laurie Clancy was one of Australia's most versatile short story writers. If realism was his artistic staple, he had a genius for farce and the mock-heroic, and was remarkably adept at magic realism, postmodern experimentation and the fiction of ideas. Equally at home in the pub, the seminar room, literary journals and the columns of daily newspapers, Clancy was a wickedly astute but compassionate and ultimately good-humoured guide to the vagaries of the human heart, both at home and abroad. This posthumous selection shows him in his pomp as a practitioner of fiction's shorter forms.' (Publication summary)
1 Untitled Laurie Clancy , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , Spring no. 196 2009; (p. 81)
— Review of Doing Life : A Biography of Elizabeth Jolley Brian Dibble , 2008 single work biography
1 Eleven Things I Know about My Brother Laurie Clancy , 2009 single work short story
— Appears in: Overland , Winter no. 195 2009; (p. 94-99)
1 Uncommon Voice of the Common Laurie Clancy , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 13 October 2008; (p. 11)
— Review of Sometimes Gladness : Collected Poems, 1954 to 2005 Bruce Dawe , 2006 selected work poetry
1 No Mills and Boon Laurie Clancy , 2008 single work correspondence
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July-August no. 303 2008; (p. 4)
1 In Barcelona Laurie Clancy , 2007 single work short story
— Appears in: Loyalties 2007; (p. 79-87) Journeys : Modern Australian Short Stories 2007; (p. 139-148)
1 Mating Rituals of the Young Laurie Clancy , 2007 single work short story
— Appears in: Loyalties 2007; (p. 17-26)
1 The Vigil Laurie Clancy , 2007 single work short story
— Appears in: Loyalties 2007; (p. 7-16)
1 A Racy Study of a Whopping Ego Laurie Clancy , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 20-21 October 2007; (p. 33)
— Review of Dinny Going Down Desmond O'Grady , 2007 single work novel
1 The Fall and Fall of Yesterday's Journo Laurie Clancy , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 6 October 2007; (p. 24)
— Review of Dinny Going Down Desmond O'Grady , 2007 single work novel
1 3 y separately published work icon Loyalties Laurie Clancy , Charnwood : Mockingbird , 2007 Z1384222 2007 selected work short story
1 'Is We or Is We Ain't Meetin' On Friday?' Laurie Clancy , 2006 single work prose
— Appears in: Confessions and Memoirs : National Anthology of New Australian Writing 2006; (p. 98-102)
1 The Pact Laurie Clancy , 2006 single work short story
— Appears in: The Best Australian Stories 2006 2006; (p. 154-173) Loyalties 2007; (p. 48-72)
1 Death the Leveller Laurie Clancy , 2006 single work short story
— Appears in: Overland , Winter no. 183 2006; (p. 39-42) Encounters : Modern Australian Short Stories 2006; (p. 270-279) Loyalties 2007; (p. 104-112)
1 Naming Names Laurie Clancy , 2006 single work column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 1-2 April 2006; (p. 2) Discussing writers' use of real people and events in works of fiction, Clancy concludes that writers who employ this tactic place themselves 'under the constraints of being as factually accurate as [they] can possibly be.'
1 Wanita Laurie Clancy , 2005 single work short story
— Appears in: Travellers' Tales : Best Stories Under the Sun, Volume 2 2005; (p. 204-210) Loyalties 2007; (p. 35-47)
1 Short Order a Welcome Change Laurie Clancy , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 25 June 2005; (p. 4)
— Review of Vincenzo's Garden John Clanchy , 2005 selected work short story ; The Essential Bird Carmel Bird , 2005 selected work short story essay biography prose
1 1 y separately published work icon Culture and Customs of Australia Laurie Clancy , Westport : Greenwood Press , 2004 Z1728589 2004 single work criticism General introduction to the culture and customs of Australia society. Covers the land, people, and history; thought and religion; marriage, gender, and children; holidays and leisure activities; cuisine and fashion; literature; the media and cinema; the performing arts; painting; and architecture.
1 A Full House Beats an Empty House Laurie Clancy , 2004 single work short story
— Appears in: Best Stories under the Sun 2004; (p. 99-103) On the Edge : Thirty Modern Australian Short Stories 2005; (p. 247-254) Loyalties 2007; (p. 88-94)
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