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Mistakes Were Made

Penguin Special

Liam Pieper

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English
Penguin
16 March 2015
Mistakes Were Made is about the gap between our ideals in life - of love, compassion, ambition - and how things actually play out.

Liam Pieper's made some poor life choices, but he's (usually) meant

well. He's tried to write important stories, fight racial prejudice and

rescue traumatised puppies. And he's ended up with life-threatening

infestations, a punch in the face at a Leonard Cohen concert and brief

detention by counter-terrorism experts.

Taking us from Nimbin to

US border security to the star-studded Chateau Marmont in LA, these

four

essays are compelling, insightful and very funny. Mistakes Were Made is about the gap between our ideals in life - of love, compassion, ambition - and how things actually play out.

'His writing is electric- charged with meaning and energised by surprising comedic turns.' Weekend Australian

'Charming and amusing.' Sunday Age

'The ability to laugh at yourself is arguably the most valuable quality you can cultivate as a writer, and Liam Pieper has it in spades . . . he does hilarious self-deprecation with considerable panache.' Sydney Morning Herald

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Imprint:   Penguin
Country of Publication:   Australia
Dimensions:   Height: 180mm,  Width: 112mm,  Spine: 6mm
Weight:   74g
ISBN:   9780143573128
ISBN 10:   0143573128
Pages:   122
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Liam Pieper lives in Melbourne. He studied creative writing and then journalism and now works as a freelance writer. Before that he worked as a chef, a music critic, a non-union itinerant labourer and a mediocre criminal. His work has appeared in Meanjin, The Best of The Lifted Brow, Going Down Swinging and The Sleepers Almanac, and he is the co-recipient of the 2014 M Literary Residency. You can find him on Twitter @liampieper or on the Internet Proper at liampieper.com.

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