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Issue Details: First known date: 2014... 2014 Slush Pile
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'Fourteen years ago Michael Ardenne dazzled the world with Ephesus, a brilliant debut that won him the respect of his peers, plenty of easy sex and the coveted Booker Prize. Since then, there’s been nothing but false starts and dead ends. He can’t even finish a short story. With debt collectors at the door, the cellar empty and the mortgage on the line, it’s crunch time. His wife, Tanya, issues an ultimatum: get a job or get a divorce. Forced into assessing his literary agent’s slush pile to help make ends meet, Michael discovers a dark gem. He rewrites it as his own. His publisher loves it. Fame beckons and his literary standing soars... until the real author appears. Slush Pile is a satire of literary ambition.' (Publication summary)

Notes

  • Dedication: This book is dedicated to the memory of my father, John Shadwell.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Glebe, Glebe - Leichhardt - Balmain area, Sydney Inner West, Sydney, New South Wales,: Puncher and Wattmann , 2014 .
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      Extent: 243p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 1 August 2014
      ISBN: 9781922186492

Works about this Work

Review : Slush-Pile Doug Wallen , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 366 2014; (p. 68)

— Review of Slush Pile Ian Shadwell , 2014 single work novel
Ian Shadwell : Slush Pile Linda Funnell , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , August 2014;

— Review of Slush Pile Ian Shadwell , 2014 single work novel
Author of His Own Demise Angela Meyer , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 2-3 August 2014; (p. 20)

— Review of Slush Pile Ian Shadwell , 2014 single work novel
Writer Moves on From the Glory Days of Rock'N'Roll Marc McEvoy , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 13 July 2014; (p. 16) The Sunday Age , 13 July 2014; (p. 16) The Canberra Times , 13 July 2014; (p. 26)

— Review of Slush Pile Ian Shadwell , 2014 single work novel
Writer Moves on From the Glory Days of Rock'N'Roll Marc McEvoy , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 13 July 2014; (p. 16) The Sunday Age , 13 July 2014; (p. 16) The Canberra Times , 13 July 2014; (p. 26)

— Review of Slush Pile Ian Shadwell , 2014 single work novel
Author of His Own Demise Angela Meyer , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 2-3 August 2014; (p. 20)

— Review of Slush Pile Ian Shadwell , 2014 single work novel
Ian Shadwell : Slush Pile Linda Funnell , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , August 2014;

— Review of Slush Pile Ian Shadwell , 2014 single work novel
Review : Slush-Pile Doug Wallen , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 366 2014; (p. 68)

— Review of Slush Pile Ian Shadwell , 2014 single work novel
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