Born: Established: 1956 Melbourne, Victoria, ;
Gender:
Male
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Most Referenced Works
Awards for Works
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Silent Parts
An Accidental Soldier
St Lucia
:
University of Queensland Press
,
2006
Z1276554
2006
single work
novel
war literature
Every family has its secrets - and its lies. The Lamberts have Uncle Harry, who fought in World War I but never came home from France. Each Lambert relative now clings to a different story: Harry died a hero's death on the battlefield. Harry married a sweet French girl. Harry drowned in the mud in Gallipoli. Harry was a coward who ran from the enemy. As his great-niece Julie struggles to sift fact from fiction, she finds how easy it is to rewrite the past. Gradually Harry comes to life: the awkward boy in turn-of-the-century Australia, the obedient son caring for his ageing mother, the 40-year-old bachelor, the reluctant soldier in France. Initially placid Harry's posted out of harm's way - but then he's called up to the front, and makes a decision that not only changes the course of his life, but changes the way he sees himself. (Backcover)
- 2007 longlisted Miles Franklin Literary Award
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Furies
St Lucia
:
University of Queensland Press
,
2004
Z1136299
2004
single work
novel
- 2005 commended Commonwealth Writers Prize — South East Asia and South Pacific Region — Best First Book
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