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Issue Details: First known date: 1993... 1993 Louis : A Normal Novel
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Awkward, ordinary Louis Cummings tries to kill himself. His suicide attempt scandalises Roseview Heights, the average suburb where he lives. His convalescence in a mental hospital gives his family and neighbours a chance to reflect - and they learn more about themselves than they do about Louis. Louis is both a savagely satiric portrait of suburban society and a rich psychological study. (Publisher's blurb, back cover).

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Port Melbourne, South Melbourne - Port Melbourne area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: Minerva , 1993 .
      Extent: 336p.
      ISBN: 1863302336

Works about this Work

Kathleen Stewart and Literature: An Essay Finola Moorhead , 1997 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: Southerly , Winter vol. 57 no. 2 1997; (p. 104-124)
Suburban Chaos Cath Kenneally , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 154 1993; (p. 16-17)

— Review of Louis : A Normal Novel Kathleen Stewart , 1993 single work novel
Editor's Choice Jane Freeman , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 26 September 1993; (p. 10)

— Review of Louis : A Normal Novel Kathleen Stewart , 1993 single work novel
Forecasts Nadine Myatt , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Bookseller & Publisher , July vol. 73 no. 1039 1993; (p. 38)

— Review of Louis : A Normal Novel Kathleen Stewart , 1993 single work novel
Engaging Look at Two Lives Katharine England , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser Magazine , 20 November 1993; (p. 21)

— Review of A Big Life Susan Johnson , 1993 single work novel ; Louis : A Normal Novel Kathleen Stewart , 1993 single work novel
Nothing Normal About this Perceptive Novel Helen Elliott , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 25 September 1993; (p. C11)

— Review of Folly Dany Falconer Flint , 1993 single work novel ; Louis : A Normal Novel Kathleen Stewart , 1993 single work novel
The Saving of a Sicilian Soul in Sydney Mary Rose Liverani , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 18-19 December 1993; (p. rev 6)

— Review of The Lonely Hunter Venero Armanno , 1993 single work novel ; Louis : A Normal Novel Kathleen Stewart , 1993 single work novel
Engaging Look at Two Lives Katharine England , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser Magazine , 20 November 1993; (p. 21)

— Review of A Big Life Susan Johnson , 1993 single work novel ; Louis : A Normal Novel Kathleen Stewart , 1993 single work novel
Forecasts Nadine Myatt , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Bookseller & Publisher , July vol. 73 no. 1039 1993; (p. 38)

— Review of Louis : A Normal Novel Kathleen Stewart , 1993 single work novel
Editor's Choice Jane Freeman , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 26 September 1993; (p. 10)

— Review of Louis : A Normal Novel Kathleen Stewart , 1993 single work novel
Kathleen Stewart and Literature: An Essay Finola Moorhead , 1997 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: Southerly , Winter vol. 57 no. 2 1997; (p. 104-124)
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