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Issue Details: First known date: 1998... 1998 Perverse Acts
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The government is keen to defend its narrow majority and deliver on its key policies. Family values. The freedom from Government Bill. The Get Rich Quick Taxation Scheme. And Lucretia, the only female member of the government, is on a quest of her own. Telling their stories in turn, Venus and M describe a world of sex, power and ruthless manipulation. But in the claustrophobic atmosphere of Parliament House, Canberra, in the Republic of Australia, the big picture is starting to fall apart. The newspapers are full of scandal. The party is broke. And M can see his dreams slipping away. (Back cover).

Notes

  • Epigraph: The fact is that a man who wants to act virtuously in every way necessarily comes to grief among so many who are not virtuous. Therefore if a prince wants to maintain his rule he must learn how not to be virtuous, and to make use of this or not according to need. - Machiavelli
  • Nelson has indicated that some of the characteristics of M are based on Paul Keating. Camille Nelson Interviewed by Paul Best and Roger Taylor, 'Sex, Drugs and Electoral Roll', AQ, Journal of Contemporary Analysis (September-October 1998): 24-29.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Text Publishing , 1998 .
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      Extent: 252p.
      ISBN: 1875847480

Works about this Work

Australian Political Satire: Camilla Nelson's 'Perverse Acts' Don Fletcher , 2001 single work criticism
— Appears in: Social Alternatives , May vol. 20 no. 2 2001; (p. 23-26)
Canberra Kills McKenzie Wark , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , Winter no. 155 1999; (p. 100-101)

— Review of Perverse Acts Camilla Nelson , 1998 single work novel
Survival Story Anthony Macris , 1999 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 24 July 1999; (p. 10)
The Best of Young Australian Novelists 1999 : Camilla Nelson Angela Bennie , 1999 single work biography
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 8 May 1999; (p. 9)
Sex, Drugs and Electoral Roll Paul Best (interviewer), Roger Taylor (interviewer), 1998 single work interview
— Appears in: AQ : Journal of Contemporary Analysis , September-October vol. 70 no. 5 1998; (p. 24-29)
Paperbacks Fiona Capp , 1998 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 24 January 1998; (p. 8)

— Review of Perverse Acts Camilla Nelson , 1998 single work novel ; Bachelor Kisses Nick Earls , 1998 single work novel
The Steamy Side of Politics Norman Abjorensen , 1998 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 7 February 1998; (p. 8)

— Review of Perverse Acts Camilla Nelson , 1998 single work novel
Two First Timers Ian McFarlane , 1998 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , August no. 203 1998; (p. 23)

— Review of Perverse Acts Camilla Nelson , 1998 single work novel ; Shadia's Promise Christelle Haddad , 1998 single work novel
Canberra Kills McKenzie Wark , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , Winter no. 155 1999; (p. 100-101)

— Review of Perverse Acts Camilla Nelson , 1998 single work novel
Sex, Drugs and Electoral Roll Paul Best (interviewer), Roger Taylor (interviewer), 1998 single work interview
— Appears in: AQ : Journal of Contemporary Analysis , September-October vol. 70 no. 5 1998; (p. 24-29)
The Best of Young Australian Novelists 1999 : Camilla Nelson Angela Bennie , 1999 single work biography
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 8 May 1999; (p. 9)
Survival Story Anthony Macris , 1999 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 24 July 1999; (p. 10)
Australian Political Satire: Camilla Nelson's 'Perverse Acts' Don Fletcher , 2001 single work criticism
— Appears in: Social Alternatives , May vol. 20 no. 2 2001; (p. 23-26)
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