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Is part of The Eliot Quartet Steven Carroll , 2009 series - author novel (number 1 in series)
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'Two young lovers, Catherine and Jonathan, have trespassed into the rose garden of Burnt Norton, an abandoned gracious home in the English countryside. Hearing people coming, they hide, and witness the celebrated poet TS ('Tom') Eliot and his close friend Emily Hale enter the rose garden and bury a small tobacco tin together.

'Tom and Emily knew each other in America in their youth; now middle-aged, they have come together again. But Tom is married, and his wife has no intention of letting him go. What is it that binds Tom and Emily together? What happens when the muse steps out of the shadows?

'In the enclosed world of an English village one autumn, their story becomes entwined with that of Catherine and Jonathan, who are young, certain in their newfound love, and each full of promise.' (Publisher's blurb)

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      Extent: 244p.
      Reprinted: 2010
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      • Publication date: 1 April 2009.
      ISBN: 9780732284800, 9780732284817 (pbk.)
    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Fourth Estate , 2012 .
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      Extent: 133p.
      Note/s:
      • Published December 18th 2012
      ISBN: 9780732284817
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Works about this Work

The View from Above from Below : Novel, Suburb, Cosmos Brigid Rooney , 2016 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Humanities Review , November no. 60 2016;
Notes for a Novel Steven Carroll , 2015 single work essay
— Appears in: Meanjin Online 2015; Meanjin , vol. 74 no. 2 2015; (p. 66-72)
Ladies' Man Shortlisted Marc McEvoy , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 11 March 2012; (p. 7)
The Year's Work in Fiction: 2009-2010 Elizabeth Webby , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Westerly , July vol. 55 no. 1 2010; (p. 119-139)
— Review of Fear Factor : Terror Incognito 2009 anthology short story extract ; A True History of the Hula Hoop Judith Lanigan , 2009 single work novel ; The World Beneath Cate Kennedy , 2009 single work novel ; The Paperbark Shoe Goldie Goldbloom , 2009 single work novel ; Swimming : A Novel Enza Gandolfo , 2004 single work novel ; The Bath Fugues Brian Castro , 2009 selected work novella ; The Lost Life Steven Carroll , 2009 single work novel ; Rainforest Narratives : The Work of Janette Turner Hospital David Callahan , 2009 single work criticism ; Brian Castro's Fiction : The Seductive Play of Language Bernadette Brennan , 2008 multi chapter work criticism ; Legacy Larissa Behrendt , 2009 single work novel ; The Nature of Ice Robyn Mundy , 2009 single work novel ; Lovesong Alex Miller , 2009 single work novel ; Wonders of a Godless World Andrew McGahan , 2009 single work novel ; Smoke in the Room Emily Maguire , 2009 single work novel ; The Australian Long Story 2009 anthology short story prose novella autobiography ; Every Secret Thing Marie Munkara , 2008 selected work short story ; Arrhythmia : Stories of Desire Richard Rossiter , 2009 selected work short story ; The China Garden Kristina Olsson , 2009 single work novel ; Barley Patch Gerald Murnane , 2009 single work novel ; Tom Hurstbourne, or, A Squatter's Life John Clavering Wood , 2010 single work novel ; Truth Peter Temple , 2009 single work novel ; The Window Seat and Other Stories Archie Weller , 2009 selected work short story ; Headlong : A Novel Susan Varga , 2009 single work novel ; The Legacy Kirsten Tranter , 2010 single work novel
Moving Tale of Sexual Expression Mary Philip , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 4 - 5 April 2009; (p. 22)
— Review of The Lost Life Steven Carroll , 2009 single work novel
Remnants of the Lost Life Peter Pierce , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 28 March 2009; (p. 11)
— Review of The Lost Life Steven Carroll , 2009 single work novel
Reality Checkers Stella Clarke , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian Literary Review , April vol. 4 no. 3 2009; (p. 8)
— Review of The Lost Life Steven Carroll , 2009 single work novel ; Valley of Grace Marion Halligan , 2009 single work novel
From Suburbia to Burnt Norton Patrick Allington , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , April no. 310 2009; (p. 8-9)
— Review of The Lost Life Steven Carroll , 2009 single work novel
Fragments of the Truth James Ley , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 10-11 April 2009; (p. 24)
— Review of The Lost Life Steven Carroll , 2009 single work novel
Master Works His Magic in an English Country Garden A. P. Riemer , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 10-12 April 2009; (p. 26-27)
— Review of The Lost Life Steven Carroll , 2009 single work novel
Waste Land Is Fertile Ground Jane Sullivan , 2009 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 28-29 March 2009; (p. 26-27) The Age , 28 March 2009; (p. 22-23)
Caught in the Shadows Bron Sibree , 2009 single work column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 11 April 2009; (p. 13)
Eliot Fascination Led Carroll to New Novel Gia Metherell , 2009 single work column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 6 May 2009; (p. 5)
Happy in the Rose Garden Lyn Mills , 2009 single work column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 11 May 2009; (p. 10)
Ladies' Man Shortlisted Marc McEvoy , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 11 March 2012; (p. 7)
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