Thomas Keneally's Career and the Literary Machine

`Paul Sharrad skillfully combines insights from biography, literary history, book history and celebrity studies to trace changes in the production and reception of Thomas Keneally's works both within Australia and internationally.' -Elizabeth Webby AM FAHA, Professor Emerita, English Department, University of Sydney, Australia `Paul Sharrad's landmark study of Thomas Keneally examines his writing in its multiple international and Australian contexts. Likely to be the indispensable evaluation of Keneally's place in Australian culture.' -Janet Wilson, Professor of English and Postcolonial Studies, University of Northampton, UK `Paul Sharrad's thorough and entertaining survey not only tells us much about Keneally we never knew before but also shows that the study of an author's career can be a new way to measure the stature of a literary artist.' -Nicholas Birns, Associate Professor, School of Professional Studies, New York University, USA `In this important contribution to book history, Paul Sharrad applies the lens of the literary career to the prolific though often divisive work of Thomas Keneally, charting a course between literary and commercial fiction, history and fiction, authorship and celebrity, and the opposing frames of national and world literatures.' -Robert Dixon, Professor of Australian Literature, University of Sydney, Australia