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'Truth, like beauty, is only skin-deep.
'What would happen if an average-looking whitegoods marketing manager suddenly became the most beautiful man in the world? Would female colleagues beg him to father their children? Would a loopy idea to put works of art on the bench-top appliances become the greatest marketing success in history?
'Mousy Mark Boyd recreates himself as a man of stunning, lust-raising good looks - and the results go far beyond his wildest dreams. But with success comes jealousy and hatred, Can Mark survive the raging emotions his beauty provokes? Will he learn where true beauty lies - and still turn a profit?
'The Beauty Of Truth is a fearless send-up of the all-consuming power of marketing and the seductive allure of appearances. And it's what's been missing from modern literature: a celebration of domestic appliances.' (Publication summary)
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Works about this Work
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Two Quite Different Australian Debuts
2000
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 22 July 2000; (p. 17)
— Review of The Beauty of Truth 1999 single work novel ; Summerland 2000 single work novel -
Wigwam Bam
2000
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 18 April vol. 118 no. 6220 2000; (p. 119)
— Review of The Beauty of Truth 1999 single work novel -
Pop Songs Defineth the Consumer-Age Man
2000
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 6 May 2000; (p. 8)
— Review of Perfect Skin 2000 single work novel ; The Beauty of Truth 1999 single work novel -
Summer Blazers
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 18-19 December 1999; (p. 10)
— Review of White Turtle : A Collection of Short Stories 1999 selected work short story ; The Beauty of Truth 1999 single work novel ; A Close Run Thing 1999 single work novel ; Surfing Antarctica : A Novel 1999 single work novel ; The Twelfth of Never : A Memoir 1999 single work autobiography ; Walk of Fame 2000 single work novel ; Shooting Star 1999 single work novel ; Feeding the Demons 1999 single work novel ; Jean Devanny : Romantic Revolutionary 1999 single work biography ; Pig's Blood and Other Fluids 1999 selected work novel ; Firehead 1999 single work novel 'Murray Waldren suggests some hot numbers for holiday reading.' (Note below title)
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Summer Blazers
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 18-19 December 1999; (p. 10)
— Review of White Turtle : A Collection of Short Stories 1999 selected work short story ; The Beauty of Truth 1999 single work novel ; A Close Run Thing 1999 single work novel ; Surfing Antarctica : A Novel 1999 single work novel ; The Twelfth of Never : A Memoir 1999 single work autobiography ; Walk of Fame 2000 single work novel ; Shooting Star 1999 single work novel ; Feeding the Demons 1999 single work novel ; Jean Devanny : Romantic Revolutionary 1999 single work biography ; Pig's Blood and Other Fluids 1999 selected work novel ; Firehead 1999 single work novel 'Murray Waldren suggests some hot numbers for holiday reading.' (Note below title) -
Pop Songs Defineth the Consumer-Age Man
2000
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 6 May 2000; (p. 8)
— Review of Perfect Skin 2000 single work novel ; The Beauty of Truth 1999 single work novel -
Wigwam Bam
2000
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 18 April vol. 118 no. 6220 2000; (p. 119)
— Review of The Beauty of Truth 1999 single work novel -
Two Quite Different Australian Debuts
2000
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 22 July 2000; (p. 17)
— Review of The Beauty of Truth 1999 single work novel ; Summerland 2000 single work novel