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"Go out. Take a pill. Meet a boy. Dance. Recover. Repeat. Calvin is sixteen and out of control. Experienced but naïve, he and his friends feel disconnected from their safe, suburban world of private schools and four-wheel drives. They inhabit a world of their own design - a world of saccharine club anthems, where fun comes by the milligram and fashion is all that counts. Then Calvin meets Anthony, and the two boys form an obsessive bond. But as Calvin deals with the confusion of first love, he discovers pictures of Anthony on a website, and is drawn into a world more adult than he could have imagined. Sushi Central is a subversive black comedy about teen angst pushed to its final, self-destructive extremes. It is about the identities we create for ourselves, the fragile, impulsive nature of youth, and the fear of growing old." (Publisher's blurb)
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Gay Subversion : Young Men Seeking Safety in Heterotopic Spaces
2015
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Papers : Explorations into Children's Literature , vol. 23 no. 1 2015; (p. 53-72)"This article examines the ways the gay protagonists in three Young Adult novels—Leave Myself Behind by Bart Yates (2003), A Time Before Me by Michael Peronne (2005) and Sushi Central by Alasdair Duncan (2003)—and in two films— Prayers for Bobby (2009) and Geography Club (2013)—seek safety in heterotopic spaces. It is argued that heterotopias can provide safe spaces for the expression of same-sex desire among males, subverting the constraints of hegemonic masculinity and the large spatial sites in which they operate." (Source: introduction)
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Untitled
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: JAS Review of Books , February no. 21 2004;
— Review of Sushi Central 2003 single work novel -
Unchartered Territory
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: Dotlit : The Online Journal of Creative Writing , November vol. 4 no. 2 2003;
— Review of Sushi Central 2003 single work novel -
Untitled
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Bookseller & Publisher , October vol. 83 no. 4 2003; (p. 35)
— Review of Sushi Central 2003 single work novel -
Fiction
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 8 November 2003; (p. 4)
— Review of The Howard Miracle : Interviews from The 7.30 Report 2003 selected work screenplay ; Sushi Central 2003 single work novel
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His Angst
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 20 September 2003; (p. 8)
— Review of Sushi Central 2003 single work novel -
In Short : Fiction
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 11-12 October 2003; (p. 19)
— Review of Sushi Central 2003 single work novel ; Love Begins with an A 2003 single work novel ; The Boy 2003 single work novel -
Fiction
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 8 November 2003; (p. 4)
— Review of The Howard Miracle : Interviews from The 7.30 Report 2003 selected work screenplay ; Sushi Central 2003 single work novel -
Untitled
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Bookseller & Publisher , October vol. 83 no. 4 2003; (p. 35)
— Review of Sushi Central 2003 single work novel -
Untitled
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: JAS Review of Books , February no. 21 2004;
— Review of Sushi Central 2003 single work novel -
Way With Words
2003
single work
column
— Appears in: Brisbane News , 7 - 13 May no. 442 2003; (p. 13) -
Gay Subversion : Young Men Seeking Safety in Heterotopic Spaces
2015
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Papers : Explorations into Children's Literature , vol. 23 no. 1 2015; (p. 53-72)"This article examines the ways the gay protagonists in three Young Adult novels—Leave Myself Behind by Bart Yates (2003), A Time Before Me by Michael Peronne (2005) and Sushi Central by Alasdair Duncan (2003)—and in two films— Prayers for Bobby (2009) and Geography Club (2013)—seek safety in heterotopic spaces. It is argued that heterotopias can provide safe spaces for the expression of same-sex desire among males, subverting the constraints of hegemonic masculinity and the large spatial sites in which they operate." (Source: introduction)
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