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'Tokyo, 1933. Tall, broodingly handsome, Victor Stepper is a consummate ladies' man, a brilliant journalist... and spy. As the world descends into war, Stepper collects information and sends it on to Moscow.
'Then he falls in love with Reiko, a Japanese woman. And Victor Stepper begins to fall apart...
'Stepper is a dazzling and haunting novel of espionage and erotic love.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Also braille, sound recording.
Works about this Work
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"Grammars of Creation” : An Interview with Brian Castro : 24 November 2008
Marilyne Brun
(interviewer),
2011
single work
interview
— Appears in: Journal of the European Association for Studies on Australia , vol. 2 no. 1 2011; 'This interview with contemporary Australian writer Brian Castro addresses a number of themes and concepts that are central to his critical work and fiction. In the interview, Castro discusses his oeuvre as a whole, providing insights into the starting point for his first eight novels. He comments on the concepts of transgression, hybridity, polyphonia, cosmopolitanism and play, underlining the central significance of grammar, ethics and aesthetics in his work. The interview also includes reflections on the development of Asian Australian studies and the importance of translating novels. In the final sections of the interview, Castro discusses the relation between his critical work and his novels and reflects on the common conflation of the novelist and the theorist in much literary criticism.' Source: Marilyne Brun. -
In the Shadows: The Spy in Australian Literary and Cultural History
2006
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Antipodes , June vol. 20 no. 1 2006; (p. 28-37) Examines espionage in Australian history, and discusses the influence of espionage on Australian writers and literature. -
Castro and the Friction of Fiction
2003
single work
column
— Appears in: The Age , 22 March 2003; (p. 3) -
Stepper (1997)
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian Magazine , 11-12 January 2003; (p. 6)
— Review of Stepper 1997 single work novel -
Writing of Death and Death of Writing in Brian Castro's Stepper
'Stepper' : Writing of Death/Death of Writing
2002
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Departures : How Australia Reinvents Itself 2002; (p. 145-152, notes 292-293) Brian Castro's Fiction : The Seductive Play of Language 2008; (p. 123-146)
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Stepper (1997)
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian Magazine , 11-12 January 2003; (p. 6)
— Review of Stepper 1997 single work novel -
Interest in the Amoral
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , Winter no. 151 1998; (p. 106-107)
— Review of Welcome to Tangier 1997 selected work short story ; Stepper 1997 single work novel ; Wrack 1997 single work novel ; Red Nights 1997 single work novel -
Castro at His Best
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 22 March 1997; (p. wkd 7)
— Review of Stepper 1997 single work novel -
Double Trouble
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 22 March 1997; (p. 12)
— Review of Stepper 1997 single work novel -
Tokyo Secrets
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 22 March 1997; (p. 10s)
— Review of Stepper 1997 single work novel -
Castro and the Friction of Fiction
2003
single work
column
— Appears in: The Age , 22 March 2003; (p. 3) -
In the Shadows: The Spy in Australian Literary and Cultural History
2006
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Antipodes , June vol. 20 no. 1 2006; (p. 28-37) Examines espionage in Australian history, and discusses the influence of espionage on Australian writers and literature. -
"Grammars of Creation” : An Interview with Brian Castro : 24 November 2008
Marilyne Brun
(interviewer),
2011
single work
interview
— Appears in: Journal of the European Association for Studies on Australia , vol. 2 no. 1 2011; 'This interview with contemporary Australian writer Brian Castro addresses a number of themes and concepts that are central to his critical work and fiction. In the interview, Castro discusses his oeuvre as a whole, providing insights into the starting point for his first eight novels. He comments on the concepts of transgression, hybridity, polyphonia, cosmopolitanism and play, underlining the central significance of grammar, ethics and aesthetics in his work. The interview also includes reflections on the development of Asian Australian studies and the importance of translating novels. In the final sections of the interview, Castro discusses the relation between his critical work and his novels and reflects on the common conflation of the novelist and the theorist in much literary criticism.' Source: Marilyne Brun. -
Ramona Koval Interviews Brian Castro About His New Novel, Stepper
Ramona Koval
(interviewer),
1997
single work
biography
interview
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 190 1997; (p. 8-10) -
Author Takes Big Step in the Right Direction
1997
single work
column
— Appears in: The Age , 26 September 1997; (p. A8)
Awards
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Settings:
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Tokyo,
Honshu,
cJapan,cEast Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
- 1930s
- 1940s
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