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Issue Details: First known date: 1990... 1990 Matinee
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Twelve year old Jim lives with his parents and brother in Rose Bay, a Sydney suburb where life should be lived at a smoothly predictable pace. But life is never so tidy, and the disruptions that Jim observes and attempts to understand will be widely recognisable....Matinee is a novel about isolation told in a communal fashion, engaging readers in enlarging circles as they follow Jim from school to home to neighborhood, exploring the bizarre incompetence of adult relationships and creating-en route-tender and unexpected insights into the peculiarities of ' family life'. (Publisher's blurb).

Notes

  • Dedication: To Leila with love

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Works about this Work

Witty Voodoo Wisdom from an Ancient Remington Giles Hugo , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Mercury , 20 April 1991; (p. 20)

— Review of Matinee Michael Stephens , 1990 single work novel ; Sibling Mischief Michael Stephens , 1991 single work novel
Vivid Images of Growing Up Sue Walton , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: The Newcastle Herald , 7 July 1990; (p. 11)

— Review of Matinee Michael Stephens , 1990 single work novel
Children Afloat in the Suburban Dark Agnes Nieuwenhuizen , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 7 July 1990; (p. 10)

— Review of Matinee Michael Stephens , 1990 single work novel
What No Child Can Remember To Tell Don Dunstan , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June no. 121 1990; (p. 21-22)

— Review of Matinee Michael Stephens , 1990 single work novel
Flashy Mediocrity of the Adulterous Giles Hugo , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Mercury , 2 June 1990; (p. 32)

— Review of Matinee Michael Stephens , 1990 single work novel
The Poisonous Side of Family Life Katharine England , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 14 July 1990; (p. 15)

— Review of The Lemon Tree Rae Desmond Jones , 1990 single work novel ; Matinee Michael Stephens , 1990 single work novel
Some Promising First Novels from Australian Writers Stan Barney , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 12 August 1990; (p. 20)

— Review of Shades of Fortune Robert Spicer , 1990 single work novel ; Coping with Pleasure David Owen , 1990 single work novel ; Matinee Michael Stephens , 1990 single work novel ; The Denim Kid and Other Stories Chris Scholten , 1990 selected work short story ; The Multitude of Tigers : The Saga of Foulmouthed Freda (Blowfly Drover Supreme) and Her Trusty Lieutenant, The Brave Blowfly Benjamin John Hepworth , 1990 single work novel
Childhood Through a Colourless Camera Dennis Davison , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 14-15 July 1990; (p. rev 5)

— Review of The Factory Lyn Hughes , 1990 single work novel ; Matinee Michael Stephens , 1990 single work novel ; Rynosseros Terry Dowling , 1990 selected work short story
Flashy Mediocrity of the Adulterous Giles Hugo , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Mercury , 2 June 1990; (p. 32)

— Review of Matinee Michael Stephens , 1990 single work novel
What No Child Can Remember To Tell Don Dunstan , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June no. 121 1990; (p. 21-22)

— Review of Matinee Michael Stephens , 1990 single work novel
Last amended 24 Jun 2014 10:30:59
Settings:
  • Rose Bay, Sydney Eastern Harbourside, Sydney Eastern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,
  • Bondi Junction, Bondi area, Sydney Eastern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,
  • 1960s
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