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Twelve year old Jim lives with his parents and brother in Rose Bay, a Sydney suburb where life should be lived at a smoothly predictable pace. But life is never so tidy, and the disruptions that Jim observes and attempts to understand will be widely recognisable....Matinee is a novel about isolation told in a communal fashion, engaging readers in enlarging circles as they follow Jim from school to home to neighborhood, exploring the bizarre incompetence of adult relationships and creating-en route-tender and unexpected insights into the peculiarities of ' family life'. (Publisher's blurb).
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Dedication: To Leila with love
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Witty Voodoo Wisdom from an Ancient Remington
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Mercury , 20 April 1991; (p. 20)
— Review of Matinee 1990 single work novel ; Sibling Mischief 1991 single work novel -
Vivid Images of Growing Up
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: The Newcastle Herald , 7 July 1990; (p. 11)
— Review of Matinee 1990 single work novel -
Children Afloat in the Suburban Dark
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 7 July 1990; (p. 10)
— Review of Matinee 1990 single work novel -
What No Child Can Remember To Tell
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June no. 121 1990; (p. 21-22)
— Review of Matinee 1990 single work novel -
Flashy Mediocrity of the Adulterous
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Mercury , 2 June 1990; (p. 32)
— Review of Matinee 1990 single work novel
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The Poisonous Side of Family Life
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 14 July 1990; (p. 15)
— Review of The Lemon Tree 1990 single work novel ; Matinee 1990 single work novel -
Some Promising First Novels from Australian Writers
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 12 August 1990; (p. 20)
— Review of Shades of Fortune 1990 single work novel ; Coping with Pleasure 1990 single work novel ; Matinee 1990 single work novel ; The Denim Kid and Other Stories 1990 selected work short story ; The Multitude of Tigers : The Saga of Foulmouthed Freda (Blowfly Drover Supreme) and Her Trusty Lieutenant, The Brave Blowfly Benjamin 1990 single work novel -
Childhood Through a Colourless Camera
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 14-15 July 1990; (p. rev 5)
— Review of The Factory 1990 single work novel ; Matinee 1990 single work novel ; Rynosseros 1990 selected work short story -
Flashy Mediocrity of the Adulterous
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Mercury , 2 June 1990; (p. 32)
— Review of Matinee 1990 single work novel -
What No Child Can Remember To Tell
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June no. 121 1990; (p. 21-22)
— Review of Matinee 1990 single work novel
Awards
Last amended 24 Jun 2014 10:30:59
Settings:
- Rose Bay, Sydney Eastern Harbourside, Sydney Eastern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,
- Bondi Junction, Bondi area, Sydney Eastern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,
- 1960s
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