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'The protagonist of this first-person narrative is Archimedes, also called ""Happy,'' an Irish setter who has taught himself to read and write. Archimedes guides the reader through the streets of Sydney, Australia, and expounds on human and dog life. Happy's world includes a Sydney waterfront where humans act like seagulls and seagulls take on human characteristics: there are seagull tourists, seagull art critics and seagull gay-rights activists. The eponymous seagle is different from the other seagulls, spending most of its time soaring like an eagle, and Archimedes admires it from a distance.'
Source: Publisher's Weekly (https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-14-008090-2). (Sighted: 10/01/2018)
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Our Literary Lions
1998
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— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 30 May 1998; (p. 5,10) - y Atomic Fiction: The Novels of David Ireland St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 1993 Z435693 1993 selected work criticism
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[Review] Archimedes and the Seagle
1989
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— Appears in: The Good Reading Guide 1989; (p. 128-129)
— Review of Archimedes and the Seagle : A Novel 1984 single work novel -
Recent Australian Fiction
1985
single work
review
— Appears in: Quadrant , January-February vol. 29 no. 1-2 1985; (p. 138-140)
— Review of Archimedes and the Seagle : A Novel 1984 single work novel ; Loving Daughters 1984 single work novel ; Jane Austen in Australia : A Novel 1984 single work novel -
Fear and Sensuality
1984
single work
review
— Appears in: The Adelaide Review , October no. 7 1984; (p. 14)
— Review of Archimedes and the Seagle : A Novel 1984 single work novel
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Fear and Sensuality
1984
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— Appears in: The Adelaide Review , October no. 7 1984; (p. 14)
— Review of Archimedes and the Seagle : A Novel 1984 single work novel -
Dog's Eye View of Humankind
1984
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— Appears in: The Advertiser , 15 September 1984; (p. 36)
— Review of Archimedes and the Seagle : A Novel 1984 single work novel -
Families and Fantasy
1984
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— Appears in: Overland , December no. 97 1984; (p. 75-77)
— Review of Archimedes and the Seagle : A Novel 1984 single work novel ; Loving Daughters 1984 single work novel -
Good Humor in a Dog's-Eye View of Life
1984
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— Appears in: The Bulletin , 7 August vol. 106 no. 5428 1984; (p. 58)
— Review of Archimedes and the Seagle : A Novel 1984 single work novel -
Ireland Turns Whimsical
1984
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— Appears in: The Age , 18 August 1984; (p. 15)
— Review of Archimedes and the Seagle : A Novel 1984 single work novel - y Atomic Fiction: The Novels of David Ireland St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 1993 Z435693 1993 selected work criticism
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Our Literary Lions
1998
single work
column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 30 May 1998; (p. 5,10)
Awards
- 1985 winner ASAL Awards — ALS Gold Medal
Last amended 6 Dec 2021 09:41:50
Subjects:
- Urban,
- Sydney, New South Wales,
- Woolloomooloo, Kings Cross area, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,
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