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'Colin dreams of escaping his parents' New Zealand farm for a grand stage career. He makes it to London and a disastrous audition before meeting Tilda—beautiful Tilda, older, an artist—who brings his future with her. A heady romance leads to a new home in a decaying former bank in a small town hours from Melbourne. They are building a life together—but there are cracks in the foundation. This is a love story, told from passionate beginning to spectacular end. It is intimate and honest, blackly funny and emotionally devastating.' (From the publisher's website.)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Ever Unforgiven
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Monthly , June no. 68 2011; (p. 56-57)
— Review of The Amateur Science of Love : A Novel 2011 single work novel -
Dark Experiments in Human Nature
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 10-11 September 2011; (p. 37)
— Review of The Amateur Science of Love : A Novel 2011 single work novel -
Congress
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July-August no. 333 2011; (p. 39)
— Review of The Amateur Science of Love : A Novel 2011 single work novel -
Well Read
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 2 July 2011; (p. 29)
— Review of The Amateur Science of Love : A Novel 2011 single work novel ; The Wonder of Seldom Seen 2011 single work novel -
Human Intimacy at Its Nightmarish Best
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 18 June 2011; (p. 27)
— Review of The Amateur Science of Love : A Novel 2011 single work novel
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Untitled
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , April vol. 90 no. 7 2011; (p. 31)
— Review of The Amateur Science of Love : A Novel 2011 single work novel -
Tidy Poetry of the Parochial
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 28 - 29 May 2011; (p. 20-21)
— Review of The Amateur Science of Love : A Novel 2011 single work novel -
The Duties of the Dreamer
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 4 June 2011; (p. 26-27)
— Review of The Amateur Science of Love : A Novel 2011 single work novel -
Fiction Reviews
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 11 - 12 June 2011; (p. 24)
— Review of The Amateur Science of Love : A Novel 2011 single work novel -
Love's Post-Mortem
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 11 June 2011; (p. 24)
— Review of The Amateur Science of Love : A Novel 2011 single work novel
Awards
- 2012 shortlisted New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — UTS Award for New Writing
- 2012 winner Melbourne Prize — Best Writing Award
- 2011 shortlisted Victorian Premier's Literary Awards — The Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction
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