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Issue Details: First known date: 2004... 2004 Daylight Corroboree : A First-Hand Account of the 'Wanda Koolmatrie' Hoax
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'The mid nineties in Australia were a golden age for literary and art hoaxes - among them Leon Carmen (aka Wanda Koolmatrie). As Leon Carmen's literary agent, John Bayley found himself right in the thick of things. Daylight Corroboree is Bayley's own account of how and why he and Carmen perpetrated the hoax and of the fallout' (Publisher's blurb).

Notes

  • Dedication: For Dan, Ned, Jim and Joe.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Campbelltown, Campbelltown (SA) area, Adelaide - North / North East, Adelaide, South Australia,: Eidolon Books [Adelaide] , 2004 .
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      Extent: xvi, 111 p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Preface by Leon Carmen.
      • Contains glossary.
      ISBN: 0958546649
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Works about this Work

Truer Words Were Never Spoken Simon Caterson , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 1 January 2005; (p. 7)
— Review of Daylight Corroboree : A First-Hand Account of the 'Wanda Koolmatrie' Hoax John Bayley , 2004 single work criticism ; Australian Literary Studies vol. 21 no. 4 October 2004 periodical issue
After the Hoax, An Explanation Susan Wyndham , 2004 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 9-10 October 2004; (p. 10) John Bayley explains why he wrote Daylight Corroboree. The column also canvasses current literary news.
Truer Words Were Never Spoken Simon Caterson , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 1 January 2005; (p. 7)
— Review of Daylight Corroboree : A First-Hand Account of the 'Wanda Koolmatrie' Hoax John Bayley , 2004 single work criticism ; Australian Literary Studies vol. 21 no. 4 October 2004 periodical issue
After the Hoax, An Explanation Susan Wyndham , 2004 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 9-10 October 2004; (p. 10) John Bayley explains why he wrote Daylight Corroboree. The column also canvasses current literary news.
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  • 1990s
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