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And What Do You Do, Mr Gable?

Richard Flanagan

9781742752723

Vintage


Prose: non-fiction; Encyclopaedias & reference works

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The collected short pieces of nonfiction from one of Australia's best novelists. 'And what do you do, Mr Faulkner?' asked Clark Gable after being introduced to William Faulkner at a party. 'I write,' replied Faulkner. 'And what do you do, Mr Gable?' Collected here for the first time are the very best of Richard Flanagan's wide-ranging, free-wheeling writings on everything from directing film and writing novels to a near fatal kayak trip; from baking bread to bushfires to art to war; from Kosovar refugees on the run to Jorge Luis Borges to his celebrated essay on the rape of Tasmania's forests, credited as a key to halting Gunns' two billion dollar pulp mill. Sparkling, moving and always surprising, this is exhilarating reading from one of Australia's best writers.

By:   Richard Flanagan
Imprint:   Vintage
Country of Publication:   Australia
Dimensions:   Height: 21mm,  Width: 197mm,  Spine: 130mm
Weight:   270g
ISBN:  

9781742752723


ISBN 10:   1742752721
Publication Date:   September 2011
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock at Abbey's Bookshop
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Regarded internationally as one of Australia's pre-eminent novelists, Richard Flanagan's multi-award winning novels, Death of a River Guide, The Sound of One Hand Clapping, Gould's Book of Fish and The Unknown Terrorist have been published to popular success and critical acclaim in twenty-five countries. He directed a feature film version of The Sound of One Hand Clapping and most recently collaborated with Baz Luhrmann on the script for Luhrmann's epic, Australia.

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