Craig Bolland Craig Bolland i(A65320 works by)
Born: Established: Brisbane, Queensland, ;
Gender: Male
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y separately published work icon I Knit Water Heartbreak Lodge St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 2002 Z985197 2002 single work novel

'Meet Mark Heron ... twenty-something, burned out and recently washed up at the West End house they call Heartbreak Lodge. Meet his new neighbours ... Steve, who won a local art prize and hasn't been able to finish a painting since; Agenes who looks like Malibu Barbie but dresses like a 40s schoolmarm; Dave, optimist, idealist, connoisseur of 'Star Wars' memorabilia and hard core porn; Sarah, compassionate mystic with a checkered past; Speedy a try-sexual Vietnam vet; Trix, rave chick diva and professional nutcracker; Errol ex-Olympic fencer, sliding into old age and dementia. Mark's life becomes interwoven with his fellow tenants, their stories overlaying to form pieces of a whole,. As events unfold that threaten to turn their world upside down, Mark finds he must either go under ... or learn to knit water. This novel deals with urban loneliness. It does not shy away from the difficult questions, the philosophies of life, or from its secrets. It is intelligent, insightful and above all movingly honest. The judges were impressed by Craig Bolland's deft characterisations, his perceptiveness and the gentle humour with which he reveals aspects of the human condition.' (Publication summary)

2003 shortlisted One Book One Brisbane
2001 runner up Queensland Premier's Literary Awards Best Manuscript of an Emerging Queensland Author As Heartbreak Lodge
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