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Born October 7, 1935 (age 89) • Sydney • Australia
Awards And Honors Booker Prize (1982)
Notable Works “A Family Madness” • “Bettany’s Book” • “Bring Larks and Heroes” • “Crimes of the Father” • “Flying Hero Class” • “Gossip from the Forest” • “Homebush Boy” • “Jacko” • “Schindler’s Ark” • “Shame and the Captives” • “The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith” • “The Daughters of Mars” • “The Dickens Boy” • “The Great Shame” • “The Ink Stain” • “The Power Game” • “The Tyrant’s Novel” • “The Widow and Her Hero” • “To Asmara” • “Woman of the Inner Sea”
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