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Issue Details: First known date: 1983... 1983 Seven Books for Grossman : Fiction
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'Fielding, a professor of literature (is it a roman a clef? one asks oneself), sets out to write pornography to pay his dangerous debts. [...] The title, 'Seven Books for Grossman', is descriptive. Grossman is a publisher; Fielding holes up in a hotel and writes seven filthy works for him. With a little help from modern classics: 'The Catcher in the Rye', 'As I Lay Dying', 'Slaughterhouse Five', et cetera. In other words, his pornography is parody.'

Source:

Halligan, Marion. 'Games with Punning, Parody and Porn', Canberra Times, 31 March 1984, p.26.

Notes

  • Dedication: Not for Anna C., but thanks all the same.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Ringwood, Ringwood - Croydon - Kilsyth area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,: Penguin , 1983 .
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      Extent: 110p.
      ISBN: 0140068376

Works about this Work

Light, Clever and Pure Escapism Michael Sharkey , 1984 single work review
— Appears in: The Toowoomba Chronicle , 10 April 1984; (p. 28)

— Review of Seven Books for Grossman : Fiction Morris Lurie , 1983 single work novel
Breaking Bones in Colonial New Guinea Geoffrey Dutton , 1984 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 14 February vol. 104 no. 5403 1984; (p. 57-58)

— Review of Seven Books for Grossman : Fiction Morris Lurie , 1983 single work novel
Games with Punning, Parody and Porn Marion Halligan , 1984 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 31 March 1984; (p. 26)

— Review of Seven Books for Grossman : Fiction Morris Lurie , 1983 single work novel
Crispy Jokes on Porn Fantasy Nancy Keesing , 1984 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 3-4 March 1984;

— Review of Seven Books for Grossman : Fiction Morris Lurie , 1983 single work novel
Games on the Edge Helen Daniel , 1984 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 11 February 1984; (p. 15)

— Review of The Will to Fall Valerie Kirwan , 1984 single work novel ; Seven Books for Grossman : Fiction Morris Lurie , 1983 single work novel
Light, Clever and Pure Escapism Michael Sharkey , 1984 single work review
— Appears in: The Toowoomba Chronicle , 10 April 1984; (p. 28)

— Review of Seven Books for Grossman : Fiction Morris Lurie , 1983 single work novel
Games on the Edge Helen Daniel , 1984 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 11 February 1984; (p. 15)

— Review of The Will to Fall Valerie Kirwan , 1984 single work novel ; Seven Books for Grossman : Fiction Morris Lurie , 1983 single work novel
Crispy Jokes on Porn Fantasy Nancy Keesing , 1984 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 3-4 March 1984;

— Review of Seven Books for Grossman : Fiction Morris Lurie , 1983 single work novel
Games with Punning, Parody and Porn Marion Halligan , 1984 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 31 March 1984; (p. 26)

— Review of Seven Books for Grossman : Fiction Morris Lurie , 1983 single work novel
Breaking Bones in Colonial New Guinea Geoffrey Dutton , 1984 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 14 February vol. 104 no. 5403 1984; (p. 57-58)

— Review of Seven Books for Grossman : Fiction Morris Lurie , 1983 single work novel
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