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Dedication: For Lucy, Daisy, Alex, and Malcolm, with WU's love and gratitude.
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Included in the New York Times Book Review 100 Notable Books List for 2006.
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'My Father's Knife' : Autobiography as Hermeneutic Phenomenology
2010
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criticism
— Appears in: Life Writing , December vol. 7 no. 3 2010; (p. 317-323) -
Robert Hughes Remembers
2007
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review
— Appears in: New York Review of Books , 11 January 2007; The Revolt of the Pendulum 2009; (p. 201-212)
— Review of Things I Didn't Know : A Memoir 2006 single work autobiography -
Hot Air
2007
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review
— Appears in: London Review of Books , 7 June vol. 29 no. 11 2007; (p. 15)
— Review of Things I Didn't Know : A Memoir 2006 single work autobiography -
Me, Myself and I Am
2007
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column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 10-11 March 2007; (p. 40) Stephen Matchett discusses 'a new subset of the memoir, the bio-op. In bio-ops an author writes their past as they want us to know it but also set [sic] out their ideas and opinions on anything that interests them'. Matchett cites the writings of Robert Hughes and Gabrielle Carey to illustrate his argument. He concludes: 'These books are not big-noting of the old-fahsioned kind. They describe defeats as well as victories. But it takes an ego measured in metres for an author to assume their opinions on anything and everything are worth recording.' -
A Self in Revolt
2006
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review
— Appears in: The Times Literary Supplement , 27 October no. 5404 2006; (p. 11)
— Review of Things I Didn't Know : A Memoir 2006 single work autobiography
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Aussie Brawler
2006
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review
— Appears in: The New York Times Book Review , 24 September vol. 111 no. 39 2006; (p. 14)
— Review of Things I Didn't Know : A Memoir 2006 single work autobiography -
Creature of Language
2006
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review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 7-8 October 2006; (p. 10-11)
— Review of Things I Didn't Know : A Memoir 2006 single work autobiography -
The Art of Survival
2006
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review
— Appears in: The Age , 14 October 2006; (p. 21)
— Review of Things I Didn't Know : A Memoir 2006 single work autobiography -
Leaving Behind Our Fatal Shores
2006
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review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 14-15 October 2006; (p. 32)
— Review of Things I Didn't Know : A Memoir 2006 single work autobiography -
Autumn of the Expats
2006
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review
— Appears in: The Australian Literary Review , November vol. 1 no. 3 2006; (p. 4)
— Review of Things I Didn't Know : A Memoir 2006 single work autobiography ; North Face of Soho : Unreliable Memoirs Volume 1V 2006 single work autobiography -
Swings and Arrows of Hughes's Life
2006
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— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 26-27 August 2006; (p. 9) -
Pain-Filled Life of Love and Loss Laid Bare on Hughes's Fatal Shore
2006
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— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 26-27 August 2006; (p. 3) -
Danton's Inferno
2006
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— Appears in: The Bulletin , 10 October vol. 124 no. 6541 2006; (p. 30-31) -
My Friend Bob
2006
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biography
— Appears in: Good Weekend , 7 October 2006; (p. 39-42) -
Time's Arrow
2006
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biography
— Appears in: The Monthly , November no. 18 2006; (p. 38-44)
Awards
- 2007 shortlisted Queensland Premier's Literary Awards — Best Non-Fiction Book
- 2007 winner New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-Fiction
- 2006 shortlisted Colin Roderick Award
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