Sweetness and Light extract   novel  
Issue Details: First known date: 2020... 2020 Sweetness and Light
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Book Review : Sweetness and Light Walter Marsh , 2020 single work review
— Appears in: The Adelaide Review , May no. 483 2020;

— Review of Sweetness and Light Liam Pieper , 2020 extract novel

'Liam Pieper’s latest novel sees two white westerners – an Australian hustler and an American divorcee in an ‘Eat Pray Love’ phase – cross paths in the middle of India. But this is not an exoticised, escapist travelogue.'  

Transgressions : A Character-Driven Novel Daniel Thompson , 2020 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 421 2020; (p. 39)

— Review of Sweetness and Light Liam Pieper , 2020 extract novel

'Connor is a thirty-something Australian who bides his time grifting in India. His targets are Western female tourists, whom he describes as ‘talent’, and whom he seduces and fleeces. Connor seems to be escaping something, most likely the upbringing in which his masculinity and personal safety were constantly called into question.' (Introduction)

I Used to Live for Travel – In Fact, I Just Wrote the Book on It. But There’s No Running Away Now Liam Pieper , 2020 single work column
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 26 March 2020;
Transgressions : A Character-Driven Novel Daniel Thompson , 2020 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 421 2020; (p. 39)

— Review of Sweetness and Light Liam Pieper , 2020 extract novel

'Connor is a thirty-something Australian who bides his time grifting in India. His targets are Western female tourists, whom he describes as ‘talent’, and whom he seduces and fleeces. Connor seems to be escaping something, most likely the upbringing in which his masculinity and personal safety were constantly called into question.' (Introduction)

Book Review : Sweetness and Light Walter Marsh , 2020 single work review
— Appears in: The Adelaide Review , May no. 483 2020;

— Review of Sweetness and Light Liam Pieper , 2020 extract novel

'Liam Pieper’s latest novel sees two white westerners – an Australian hustler and an American divorcee in an ‘Eat Pray Love’ phase – cross paths in the middle of India. But this is not an exoticised, escapist travelogue.'  

I Used to Live for Travel – In Fact, I Just Wrote the Book on It. But There’s No Running Away Now Liam Pieper , 2020 single work column
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 26 March 2020;
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