Gordon Graham Gordon Graham i(A13454 works by)
Born: Established: 1949
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South Africa,
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Southern Africa, Africa,
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Gender: Male
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1 y separately published work icon Damages Gordon Graham , (Manuscript version)x400607 Z853469 single work drama
1 6 y separately published work icon Top Bloke Gordon Graham , Milsons Point : Random House Australia , 2003 Z1098269 2003 single work novel crime

'Gerard Oakes has enough aggro going on in his life and it’s about to get worse.

He’s been booted off his footy team for mooning a female referee: “how many bad decisions does a bloke have to stomach?”

'His girlfriend has just dumped him: “Sometimes there’s more fundamental things between a man and a woman than just whether you hate each other’s guts.”

'He’s been sacked from his day job as a cigarette salesman: “some places you walk in and they treat you like a drug pusher.”

'And his pride and joy, an HSV Commodore, has just been nicked.

'Enter Lester Allardyce, a loner and a social misfit who goes on a killing spree in a suburban shopping mall. As Gerard’s week goes from bad to worse, their lives become linked in an unimageinable way. What follows is a steady descent into creepy comic madness as Gerard spirals into a fantasy world, culminating in a chilling finale.'

Source: Publisher's blurb (Wutheringink edition).

1 3 Earl Gordon Graham , 2002 single work drama humour
1 4 y separately published work icon Stuffed Gordon Graham , Potts Point : Duffy and Snellgrove , 2001 Z818067 2001 single work novel humour

'Bryan Mars was an Australian swimming legend and surf rescue hero brought down by over-eating. He blew it when he blew out, just before the Polympics. Then he disappeared.

'Director Stirling Seagrave wants to make the movie of Bryan’s life. Soap opera star

Garvey Quinn agrees to put on weight for the role. Stirling tells Garvey he will be able to lose the fat after the film is made. Garvey is not so sure, but his actress girlfriend tells him he owes it to his art to give it a go, after all, De Niro did it in Raging Bull. And so the home deliveries of KFC begin.

'Told in the voices of Garvey and Bryan, this is a poignant comedy about celebrity, sport, film-making, and what it’s like to be fat. Really fat.'

Source: Publisher's blurb (Wutheringink edition).

1 The Year Our Voice Broke Gordon Graham , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian's Review of Books , June vol. 4 no. 5 1999; (p. 21-22)

— Review of Plays of the 60s [Volume 3] 1998 anthology drama ; Plays of the 60s : Volume 2 1998 anthology drama ; Plays of the 70s [Volume 2] 1998 anthology drama
1 22 y separately published work icon The Boys Gordon Graham , 1991 Paddington : Currency Press , 1994 Z273156 1991 single work drama (taught in 7 units)
1 form y separately published work icon The Style of a Champion Gordon Graham , 1985 (Manuscript version)x400608 Z853472 1985 single work radio play
1 Hanging Together Gordon Graham , 1983 single work drama
1 y separately published work icon Demolition Job Gordon Graham , 1980 Montmorency : Yackandandah Playscripts , 1984 Z244790 1980 single work drama
1 y separately published work icon Freaks Gordon Graham , 1978 (Manuscript version)x400606 Z853463 1978 single work drama
1 y separately published work icon Innocent Bystanders Gordon Graham , 1978 (Manuscript version)x401128 Z435559 1978 single work drama
1 The Neanderthal and the Carrot Gordon Graham , 1970 single work drama
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