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'James Bloomington is prone to nose bleeds, sweating fits and excessive formality. Very few people find this in any way endearing. His father having disappeared, quite literally, before his second birthday, James has been raised by his mother, Veronica, a woman known and feared for her beauty and her fondness for the STSC-720 N95 line of disposable particulate respirators. Working as a junior editor for legal publishers Sandler and Harris, James has arranged his solitary life according to his own peculiar standards of conduct and, more importantly, order. But when Veronica discovers an apparently homeless man sitting in a city lane who may or may not look like her son in 10 years time, James Bloomington's sense of his own identity is called into question and his life begins to unravel around him. As the relentless summer sun bears down, James is forced to deal with the man in the lane, his hyperactive boss's infatuation for his mother, his own infatuation for his boss's daughter, an amorous, possibly Italian landlady, an aggressive leprechaun, public masturbators, self-improving Nazis, a well-kept hedge, and a mysterious telephone booth that seems to know his every hidden desire.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
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Paperbacks
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: Canberra Sunday Times , 16 September 2001; (p. 61)
— Review of The Australian Fiance 2000 single work novel ; Goose Girl 2000 single work novel ; The Weight of the Sun 2001 single work novel -
An Odd Bod's Life
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 21 July 2001; (p. 22)
— Review of The Weight of the Sun 2001 single work novel -
Don't Believe Everything You Read
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 8 July 2001; (p. 11)
— Review of The Weight of the Sun 2001 single work novel ; The Tree : A Novel of Love, Art and Concealment 2001 single work novel -
Heaviness Lifted by Homeless Doppelganger
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 23 June 2001; (p. 6)
— Review of The Weight of the Sun 2001 single work novel -
A Balance Between Pace and Timing : Distant Voices
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 2-3 June 2001; (p. [10]-11)
— Review of Dear Henry 2001 single work novel ; The Weight of the Sun 2001 single work novel ; 15 Kinds of Desire 2001 selected work short story autobiography ; A Whispering of Fish 2001 single work novel
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Far Horizons
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 15 May vol. 119 no. 6274 2001; (p. 72-74)
— Review of Hell Has Harbour Views 2001 single work novel ; The Nether Regions 2001 single work novel ; The Architect : A Tale 2001 single work novel ; Cafe Scheherazade 2001 single work novel ; In the Blue House 2001 single work novel ; Arriving at Night 2001 single work novel ; The Correspondence Course 2001 single work novel ; The Weight of the Sun 2001 single work novel -
A Balance Between Pace and Timing : Distant Voices
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 2-3 June 2001; (p. [10]-11)
— Review of Dear Henry 2001 single work novel ; The Weight of the Sun 2001 single work novel ; 15 Kinds of Desire 2001 selected work short story autobiography ; A Whispering of Fish 2001 single work novel -
Heaviness Lifted by Homeless Doppelganger
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 23 June 2001; (p. 6)
— Review of The Weight of the Sun 2001 single work novel -
Don't Believe Everything You Read
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 8 July 2001; (p. 11)
— Review of The Weight of the Sun 2001 single work novel ; The Tree : A Novel of Love, Art and Concealment 2001 single work novel -
An Odd Bod's Life
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 21 July 2001; (p. 22)
— Review of The Weight of the Sun 2001 single work novel
Awards
- 2002 joint winner The Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Novelist of the Year
- Sydney, New South Wales,