A whimsical, absurd and transgressive collection of stories about Australian masculinity.
Category: Reviews
Review: There Was Still Love by Favel Parrett
A sweet and simple story about growing up in parallel worlds, Melbourne and Prague in 1980.
Review: See What You Made Me Do by Jess Hill
See What You Made Me Do goes beyond headlines to uncover the horrifying scale of domestic abuse in Australia.
Review: The Weekend by Charlotte Wood
A hilarious novel about mortality and ageing.
Review: The Yield by Tara June Winch
The Yield offers a generous and quietly radical vision of a possible Australia.
Review: Diving Into Glass by Caro Llewellyn
The story of a father and daughter, both touched by crippling illness.
Review: The Man Who Saw Everything by Deborah Levy
At the beating heart of this time-bending novel is love – platonic, romantic, parental – and its various betrayals.
Review: Small Gods by Terry Pratchett
Terry Pratchett is sharpest when dissecting and delighting in human irrationality.
Review: Runaway by Alice Munro
Alice Munro is often said to be the modern master of short stories. I can see why.
Review: The Bell by Iris Murdoch
The Bell is like a delicious and unlikely combination of two Luca Guadagnino films: Call Me By Your Name and Suspiria.