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Bernard
Cohen
The
Blindman's Hat:
"4 stars... This hilarious prize-winning thriller is set in
New York where Vernon, an Australian journalist in cahoots with
his small dog (whose poetic-cum-philosophic observations punctuate
Vernon's narrative), decides to pursue a wild affair, instead
of his oddly successful career in journalism. Giving up work,
he investigates a friend's sinister disappearance. When his newspaper
starts suing, even kidnapping him, Vernon suspects his columns
had, in the past, betrayed financial secrets. Eclectic, paranoid
and barbed, this is a brilliantly original, appealing orgy of
intelligence, humour and lust." (UK) Mail on Sunday
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Snowdome:
Snowdome is a tale of two histories. In the present: Tinnitus
is the spirit of the age. William comes home, flicks the radio
on, turns it up. His head is full of noise. William and in his
friends live in Sydney, a mumbling city. They think about the
future, and thinking hurts. In the future: Sydney has been emptied
out by economic forces and re-opened as a museum. The museum guide's
task is to describe the city's history to tourists. He can no
longer tell if that history is true or if he has made it up. He
hears the firmness in his voice on the cassette tapes and he keeps
his doubts to himself.
"Snowdome may be the single most brilliant work of intellectual
fiction to have emerged from Australia in recent years". Paul
Hardacre, (Brisbane) Courier-Mail
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Note:
Bernard’s first novel, Tourism, is not available from Amazon. Email
trace@ntu.ac.uk for availability
details.
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