Wild Bleak Bohemia

Marcus Clarke, Adam Lindsay Gordon & Henry Kendall

Michael Wilding

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English

06 November 2014

Biography: general; Literature, Poetry & Criticism

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Abbey's Bookseller Pick ----- Some of us have enjoyed the amusing novels by Michael Wilding featuring Plant the bumbling detective threading his way through bohemian Sydney. Michael has put on his academic gown again so this Emeritus Professor of English and Australian Literature has won the 2015 Prime Minister's Award for Non-Fiction for his latest book Wild Bleak Bohemia: Marcus Clark, Adam Lindsay Gordon and Henry Kendall: A Documentary.

It has also won the Colin Roderick Award. This is a book that has just evolved over the years since Michael was writing about Marcus Clark in the 70's. He has had suggestions and connections from all sorts of people who played a part in fossicking out the story of these three famous Australian authors. Everyone is pleased that it made it into print. Eve Abbey

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Meticulously using contemporary newspaper reports, court records, published memoirs, private letters and diaries, Michael Wilding tells the story of three troubled geniuses of Australian writing and their world of poetry and poverty, alcohol and opiates, horse-racing and theatre, journalism and publishing.

By: Michael Wilding
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 33mm
Weight: 897g
ISBN: 9781925003802
ISBN 10: 1925003809
Publication Date: 06 November 2014
Audience: Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Undergraduate , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active