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'T or Timothy lives on the economic margins, both using and selling methamphetamine in Mandurah. When a friend, Gulp, tragically dies and T grows close to Lori-Bird his life promises to become more centred. But he moves between loving and leaving her.

'This is a lyrical and arresting portrait of characters who crave love but struggle with addiction and the tenuous yet intimate community connections it gives them. The spirit of the Peel landscape informs both T’s identity and the lives of the people he encounters and offers a way out.

'Intimate with suffering and beauty, T is also at times transcendent. A contemporary novel with the urgency of what Davies’ Candy, Kerouac’s On the Road, and Garner’s Monkey Grip were to their own times.'  (Publication summary)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Yarraville, Footscray - Maribyrnong area, Melbourne - West, Melbourne, Victoria,: Transit Lounge , 2022 .
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      Extent: 232p.
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      • Published September 2022
      ISBN: 9780648414032

Works about this Work

Writing on Addiction : A Conversation between Scott-Patrick Mitchell and Alan Fyfe Alan Fyfe , Scott-Patrick Mitchell , 2024 single work column
— Appears in: Overland [Online] , June 2024;

'Scott-Patrick Mitchell’s Clean (Upswell 2022) and Alan Fyfe’s T (Transit Lounge 2022) are books with a deep relation. A poetry collection and a novel respectively, Clean and were released within less than a year of each other and attracted multiple award listings; and both deal with methamphetamine use in Western Australia, a state which consumes the drug at almost twice the national average. The authors share a longstanding friendship. Here, they discuss the highs and lows of writing about meth use from a basis of lived experience. This conversation was conducted over email in January.'  (Introduction)

Review of ‘T’ by Alan Fyfe Mel Hall , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: Editor's Desk - 2023 2023;

— Review of T Alan Fyfe , 2022 single work novel
Book Review : T, Alan Fyfe Erich Mayer , 2022 single work review
— Appears in: ArtsHub , September 2022;

— Review of T Alan Fyfe , 2022 single work novel

'A novel lifted beyond the ordinary by the skill in its telling and the powerful use of a pertinent snippet of history.'

Book Review : T, Alan Fyfe Erich Mayer , 2022 single work review
— Appears in: ArtsHub , September 2022;

— Review of T Alan Fyfe , 2022 single work novel

'A novel lifted beyond the ordinary by the skill in its telling and the powerful use of a pertinent snippet of history.'

Review of ‘T’ by Alan Fyfe Mel Hall , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: Editor's Desk - 2023 2023;

— Review of T Alan Fyfe , 2022 single work novel
Writing on Addiction : A Conversation between Scott-Patrick Mitchell and Alan Fyfe Alan Fyfe , Scott-Patrick Mitchell , 2024 single work column
— Appears in: Overland [Online] , June 2024;

'Scott-Patrick Mitchell’s Clean (Upswell 2022) and Alan Fyfe’s T (Transit Lounge 2022) are books with a deep relation. A poetry collection and a novel respectively, Clean and were released within less than a year of each other and attracted multiple award listings; and both deal with methamphetamine use in Western Australia, a state which consumes the drug at almost twice the national average. The authors share a longstanding friendship. Here, they discuss the highs and lows of writing about meth use from a basis of lived experience. This conversation was conducted over email in January.'  (Introduction)

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