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Kiernan expands some of the points made in his earlier essay, "Society and Nature in Such is Life", arguing that Tom Collins' responses to life are more important to the organic unity of the work than the concealed plots. Because this response is comic, Tom Collins' resilience is that of the clown.

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    y separately published work icon Meanjin Quarterly vol. 23 no. 2 June 1964 Z651344 1964 periodical issue 1964 pg. 132-141
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