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Issue Details: First known date: 2010... 2010 The Philanthropist
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'Charles Bradshaw is an ageing tycoon haunted by his past. When he suffers a heart attack, he abruptly retires and announces that he will give his fortune to charity, which leads to conflict with his wife and adult children. An old girlfriend, Anna, returns unannounced, and brings with her memories of a terrible secret that they share from their youth. Unnerved by their renewed affection for each other, Charles and Anna struggle to overcome their remorse and to make amends, but tension inevitably flares. Meanwhile, Charles's son is taking over the company and becomes intoxicated with his newfound power, intent, it seems, on self-destruction.

'His last prayer was more than forty years ago, and it went unanswered, so there is no use trying again. He can see his home in the distance: the marquee in the garden, his yacht at anchor. It is all like a simple parable. The rich man, the fat man, gets his comeuppance. Absurd, that he will be found dead wearing nothing but Speedos - it almost makes him laugh.' (From the publisher's website.)

Notes

  • Dedication: For Dinusha, and in memory of my parents, Eric and June.
  • Epigraph:

    That the best portion of a man's life,
    His little, nameless, unremembered acts
    Of kindness and love.

    Wordsworth

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Collingwood, Fitzroy - Collingwood area, Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria,: Sleepers Publishing , 2010 .
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      Image courtesy of publisher's website.
      Extent: 284p.
      Reprinted: Reprinted 28th August 2018
      Note/s:
      • Published 1 November 2010
      ISBN: 9781740669979, 9781925712490

Other Formats

  • Dyslexic edition.
  • Braille.
  • Large print.

Works about this Work

Fall Guy Thuy On , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , February no. 328 2011; (p. 36)

— Review of The Philanthropist John Tesarsch , 2010 single work novel
Son of Privilege's Gilt-Edged Guilt Liam Davison , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 15-16 January 2011; (p. 21)

— Review of The Philanthropist John Tesarsch , 2010 single work novel
Pick of the Week Kerryn Goldsworthy , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 18-19 December 2010; (p. 24)

— Review of The Philanthropist John Tesarsch , 2010 single work novel
Off the Shelf : Fiction Dianne Dempsey , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 11 December 2010; (p. 29)

— Review of The Philanthropist John Tesarsch , 2010 single work novel
Hot off the Presses Geordie Williamson , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 4-5 December 2010; (p. 22-23)

— Review of Five Bells Gail Jones , 2011 single work novel ; The Best Australian Essays 2010 2010 anthology essay ; The Body in the Clouds Ashley Hay , 2010 single work novel ; The Philanthropist John Tesarsch , 2010 single work novel ; The Best Australian Poems 2010 2010 anthology poetry ; The Best Australian Stories 2010 2010 anthology short story extract ; The Rest on the Flight : Selected Poems Peter Porter , 2010 selected work poetry
[Review] The Philanthropist Paul Landymore , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , September vol. 90 no. 2 2010; (p. 33)

— Review of The Philanthropist John Tesarsch , 2010 single work novel
Take Three Ian McFarlane , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Sunday Canberra Times , 31 October 2010; (p. 26)

— Review of What Is Left Over, After Natasha Lester , 2008 single work novel ; The Philanthropist John Tesarsch , 2010 single work novel
Hot off the Presses Geordie Williamson , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 4-5 December 2010; (p. 22-23)

— Review of Five Bells Gail Jones , 2011 single work novel ; The Best Australian Essays 2010 2010 anthology essay ; The Body in the Clouds Ashley Hay , 2010 single work novel ; The Philanthropist John Tesarsch , 2010 single work novel ; The Best Australian Poems 2010 2010 anthology poetry ; The Best Australian Stories 2010 2010 anthology short story extract ; The Rest on the Flight : Selected Poems Peter Porter , 2010 selected work poetry
Off the Shelf : Fiction Dianne Dempsey , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 11 December 2010; (p. 29)

— Review of The Philanthropist John Tesarsch , 2010 single work novel
Pick of the Week Kerryn Goldsworthy , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 18-19 December 2010; (p. 24)

— Review of The Philanthropist John Tesarsch , 2010 single work novel
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