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'Shelton Lea was born secretly, and adopted in the most bizarre circumstances into a high profile family. Growing up he was told he would never inherit the family fortune; that he had been adopted as a playmate for the natural children. Here began a life of extremes and excesses.
'Family dynamics produced disastrous outcomes and his adoptive mother placed him in a psychiatric institution at the age of three. He escaped from boys' homes, lived with gypsies, Aborigines, in doorways, in parks and went to prisons along the east coast of Australia. But genetics propelled his ascendance. He was born with tremendous gifts and when, as a teenager in a putrid lock-up, he discovered the writings of Ezra Pound, he knew the path his life would take.
'Reports of the legendary Shelton Lea spread. He was a romantic, bohemian outlaw - charming, insolent and contemptuous of authority. He stepped far beyond the bounds of propriety, encouraging comparisons to Rimbaud and Villon.
'When he died he took his wizard words, his mesmerising performance, his rabble rousing, and he was hailed as a seer of our age.' (Publisher's blurb)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Barrett Reid : A Charismatic Chameleon
2011
single work
biography
— Appears in: The La Trobe Journal , May no. 87 2011; (p. 136-148) -
Remembering Shelton Lea
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , Autumn no. 190 2008; (p. 82-83)
— Review of Delinquent Angel 2007 single work biography -
Unwrapping Life's Dark Rhythms
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 11 August 2007; (p. 23)
— Review of Delinquent Angel 2007 single work biography -
Poet's Life Not So Sweet
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 28 - 29 July 2007; (p. 25)
— Review of Delinquent Angel 2007 single work biography -
The Beat of a Rebel Drum
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 28-29 July 2007; (p. 38)
— Review of Delinquent Angel 2007 single work biography
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Blazing a Mad Trajectory
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 7 July 2007; (p. 13)
— Review of Delinquent Angel 2007 single work biography -
Torment of an Angel
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 14 July 2007; (p. 8)
— Review of Delinquent Angel 2007 single work biography -
Ode to the Boy
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 17 July vol. 125 no. 6578 2007; (p. 60-61)
— Review of Delinquent Angel 2007 single work biography -
Damaged Bard of Bohemia
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 14-15 July 2007; (p. 12-13)
— Review of Delinquent Angel 2007 single work biography -
The Beat of a Rebel Drum
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 28-29 July 2007; (p. 38)
— Review of Delinquent Angel 2007 single work biography -
Bohemian Tragedy
2007
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 14-15 July 2007; (p. 30-31) -
Barrett Reid : A Charismatic Chameleon
2011
single work
biography
— Appears in: The La Trobe Journal , May no. 87 2011; (p. 136-148)
- Melbourne, Victoria,
- Sydney, New South Wales,
- ca. 1946-2005