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Wayne McLennan Wayne McLennan i(A77540 works by)
Born: Established: 1954 Cessnock, Cessnock area, Hunter Valley, Newcastle - Hunter Valley area, New South Wales, ;
Gender: Male
Expatriate assertion
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1 Disaster in Coal Town 1923 Wayne McLennan , 2013 single work short story
— Appears in: Griffith Review , 1 June no. 41 2013; (p. 278-284)
1 Hunting with the Boys Wayne McLennan , 2010 single work autobiography
— Appears in: Griffith Review , Autumn no. 27 2010; (p. 112-121)
1 My Banker Wayne McLennan , 2008 single work essay
— Appears in: Griffith Review , Summer no. 22 2008; (p. 187-211)
1 Meat Wayne McLennan , 2008 single work autobiography
— Appears in: Griffith Review , Autumn no. 19 2008; (p. 209-226) McLennan fails to find a new way of fitting in out west.
1 A Night at the Fights Wayne McLennan , 2007 single work prose
— Appears in: Griffith Review , Summer no. 18 2007; (p. 193-199)
1 The Books That Changed Me : Wayne McLennan Wayne McLennan , 2007 single work column
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 29 July 2007; (p. 53) Wayne McLennan nominates four books that changed him.
1 5 y separately published work icon Tent Boxing : An Australian Journey Wayne McLennan , London : Granta , 2007 Z1370293 2007 single work prose 'When Wayne McLennan was growing up in a sleepy Australian mining town in the 1950s, the most exciting event of the year was the arrival of Jimmy Sharman's boxing tent. Sharman's boxers would stand on a raised platform, in front of a large painted tent, challenging the local men and boys to box, but also challenging their preconceptions about Aboriginals, who made up the bulk of Sharman's fighters. This all finished in 1969 when the boxing tents were banned. After many years of adventures overseas ... Wayne McLennan returned to Australia to find, to his delight, that a few boxing tents still existed in remote, northern Australia. Using his own experience of boxing professionally, and training boxers himself, McLennan worked at one of these tents and in the process of finding out what makes a man fight for money, he learned a lot about Australia and a lot about himself.' (Publisher's blurb)
1 2 y separately published work icon Rowing to Alaska and Other True Stories Wayne McLennan , London : Granta , 2004 Z1157334 2004 selected work autobiography travel
1 y separately published work icon De Dood van Juan Bravos : Verhalen Wayne McLennan , ( trans. Pieter Bijker )expression Amsterdam : Uitgeverij Contact , 2001 Z1060314 2001 selected work short story travel
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