'This dissertation is an exhaustive account of the life and work of Arthur William Upfield (1890-1964). It is presented as a critical biography and narrates the life of the writer, in his socio-cultural milieu, from birth. It also positions Upfield as a writer who dealt with issues of Aboriginality at a time when this was a singularly polemical subject. The work is informed by the theory of Zygmunt Bauman and others and is posited in the context of late-modern biography theory.' (Author's abstract)
