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Issue Details: First known date: 2018... August 2018 of The Newtown Review of Books est. 2012- The Newtown Review of Books
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* Contents derived from the 2018 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Trent Dalton : Boy Swallows Universe, Chris Maher , single work review

'Boy Swallows Universe is a first novel rich in adventure, description and plot.

'Mark Twain famously said that truth is stranger than fiction, and the parts of Boy Swallows Universe that draw on Trent Dalton’s actual boyhood are as intriguing as the fictional plot involving drug czars, prison break-ins and prescient siblings.' (Introduction)

Tim Winton : The Shepherd’s Hut, Tom Patterson , single work review

'The Shepherd‘s Hut is more than a novel: it has the shape and pattern of a very Australian, very modern, epic.

'Tim Winton can be hard on his characters. He drowned the Lambs’ favourite son, then only half gave him back. He sent Scully on a chase through Europe desperately looking for a woman who didn‘t want him. He made Pikelet seek redemption for the sins of others in the blood and guts of the ambulance service. But he really gives it to Jaxie Clackton. A dead mother. A violent, alcoholic father. A town that hates him. A love that humiliates him. And a name that almost means arsehole. Twice.' (Introduction)

John Birmingham : Leviathan: The Unauthorised Biography of Sydney [and] David Hunt : Girt: The Unauthorised History of Australia, Kurt Johnson , single work review

'Leviathan and Girt are engaging because they do what official histories shy away from – they spin a ripping yarn.'  (Introduction)

Gideon Haigh : A Scandal in Bohemia : The Life and Death of Mollie Dean, Jeannette Delamoir , single work essay

'In exploring the death – and life – of Mollie Dean, Gideon Haigh covers a lot of fascinating ground. '

Louis Nowra : Woolloomooloo : A Biography, Tom Patterson , single work review

'Nowra’s affection for his suburb is all through this book – offering Woolloomooloo as both a place of refuge and an ideal to aspire to.' (Introduction)

Jay Kristoff Life1k3, Amelia Dudley , single work essay

'Lifel1k3 is the first of a new series from internationally best-selling and prize-winning Australian author Jay Kristoff.'

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