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y separately published work icon The Misery of Beauty : The Loves of Frogman single work   novel  
Issue Details: First known date: 1976... 1976 The Misery of Beauty : The Loves of Frogman
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"Here is the strange and compelling story of Frogman, stage assistant extraordinaire: of Earl, the Master of Illusion; of Sister Rose and the beautiful but faded and mysterious Straub. From the backstage of the Silver Bird nightclub they come at last to the ugly country town of Highston, victims of each other's obsessions."

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y separately published work icon The Misery of Beauty Wendy Joseph , 1989 11631132 1989 single work drama

An adaptation of Louis Nowra's original novel. A description of the novel is below. 

"Here is the strange and compelling story of Frogman, stage assistant extraordinaire: of Earl, the Master of Illusion; of Sister Rose and the beautiful but faded and mysterious Straub. From the backstage of the Silver Bird nightclub they come at last to the ugly country town of Highston, victims of each other's obsessions."

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  • Dedication: To Sarah and To Daryl Wilkinson

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"Speaking the Formula of Abjection" : Hybrids and Gothic Discourses in Louis Nowra's Novels Gerry Turcotte , 1991 single work criticism
— Appears in: Westerly , September vol. 36 no. 3 1991; (p. 61-72) Peripheral Fear : Transformations of the Gothic in Canadian and Australian Fiction 2009; (p. 165-180)
Defiant Visions from the Outer Peter Davis , 1990 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 14 October 1990; (p. 28)
Interview : Louis Nowra Jim Davidson (interviewer), 1980 single work interview
— Appears in: Meanjin , Summer vol. 39 no. 4 1980; (p. 479-495) Sideways from the Page : The Meanjin Interviews 1983; (p. 280-302)
Disappointment Adrian Mitchell , 1978 single work review
— Appears in: Quadrant , February vol. 22 no. 2 1978; (p. 74-77)
— Review of The Crushing Ronald McKie , 1977 single work novel ; The Misery of Beauty : The Loves of Frogman Louis Nowra , 1976 single work novel
Structural Strictures: Some Recent Fiction Considered Carl Harrison-Ford , 1977 single work review
— Appears in: Meanjin , Winter vol. 36 no. 2 1977; (p. 246-252)
— Review of The Glass Canoe David Ireland , 1976 single work novel ; The Misery of Beauty : The Loves of Frogman Louis Nowra , 1976 single work novel ; Die Anstalt Walter Adamson , 1974 single work novel ; A Lifetime on Clouds Gerald Murnane , 1976 single work novel
Disappointment Adrian Mitchell , 1978 single work review
— Appears in: Quadrant , February vol. 22 no. 2 1978; (p. 74-77)
— Review of The Crushing Ronald McKie , 1977 single work novel ; The Misery of Beauty : The Loves of Frogman Louis Nowra , 1976 single work novel
[Review] The Misery of Beauty [and] Conference-Ville S. Hall , 1977 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 26 February 1977; (p. 28)
— Review of The Misery of Beauty : The Loves of Frogman Louis Nowra , 1976 single work novel ; Conference-Ville Frank Moorhouse , 1976 single work novel
Structural Strictures: Some Recent Fiction Considered Carl Harrison-Ford , 1977 single work review
— Appears in: Meanjin , Winter vol. 36 no. 2 1977; (p. 246-252)
— Review of The Glass Canoe David Ireland , 1976 single work novel ; The Misery of Beauty : The Loves of Frogman Louis Nowra , 1976 single work novel ; Die Anstalt Walter Adamson , 1974 single work novel ; A Lifetime on Clouds Gerald Murnane , 1976 single work novel
"Speaking the Formula of Abjection" : Hybrids and Gothic Discourses in Louis Nowra's Novels Gerry Turcotte , 1991 single work criticism
— Appears in: Westerly , September vol. 36 no. 3 1991; (p. 61-72) Peripheral Fear : Transformations of the Gothic in Canadian and Australian Fiction 2009; (p. 165-180)
Defiant Visions from the Outer Peter Davis , 1990 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 14 October 1990; (p. 28)
Interview : Louis Nowra Jim Davidson (interviewer), 1980 single work interview
— Appears in: Meanjin , Summer vol. 39 no. 4 1980; (p. 479-495) Sideways from the Page : The Meanjin Interviews 1983; (p. 280-302)
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