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Dedication: This book is dedicated to the memory of Mary Amelia Treweek (1916-1999) and Leonard Nicholas Treweek (1902-1995)
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Epigraph: Wellington and officer surveying the aftermath of Waterloo
Officer: 'That was a close thing sir.'
Wellington: 'It was. My God it was. A damn close run thing.'
(or something like that)
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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) -
Who Cares about Plot?
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 11 September 1999; (p. 11)
— Review of A Close Run Thing 1999 single work novel ; Syrup : A Novel 1999 single work novel -
Shorts
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 214 1999; (p. 46)
— Review of A Close Run Thing 1999 single work novel ; Growing Up and Other Stories 1999 selected work short story -
Bittersweet Stories
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 7 August 1999; (p. 23)
— Review of The Reasons I Won't Be Coming 1999 selected work short story ; A Close Run Thing 1999 single work novel -
Sex & the Single Middle-Aged Male Novelist
1999
single work
biography
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 4-5 September 1999; (p. 10)
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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) -
Bittersweet Stories
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 7 August 1999; (p. 23)
— Review of The Reasons I Won't Be Coming 1999 selected work short story ; A Close Run Thing 1999 single work novel -
Shorts
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 214 1999; (p. 46)
— Review of A Close Run Thing 1999 single work novel ; Growing Up and Other Stories 1999 selected work short story -
Who Cares about Plot?
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 11 September 1999; (p. 11)
— Review of A Close Run Thing 1999 single work novel ; Syrup : A Novel 1999 single work novel -
Sex & the Single Middle-Aged Male Novelist
1999
single work
biography
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 4-5 September 1999; (p. 10)
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