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Issue Details: First known date: 2010... 2010 The Road Behind
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'Mark flies into Sydney - as the singer of a punk band - full of expectations of success. But when his girlfriend takes off and the band goes nowhere, he hits the road in search of adventure.

'As a bouncer, a taxi driver, a set builder, an actor and a writer, he's constantly on the move. But as he powers along he is often overtaken by his past: his fragmented family, his numerous failed relationships and the ghosts of his brothers and friends. Again and again the road behind engulfs the road ahead.

'A journey of self discovery, an adventure and a picaresque romp, The Road Behind weaves through cities and outback, though the masculine and the feminine, though the dark side and the light side.

'Through sex and drugs and rock n roll, through life and death and an empty soul, Mark explores the physical space around him and the emotional space within. By journey's end, he's covered a lot of ground and come closer to himself, his family, his past, and his future.'

Source: The Road Behind website, http://www.theroadbehind.net/
Sighted: 01/11/2010

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Ascot Vale, Essendon area, Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria,: Vanark Press , 2010 .
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      Extent: 378p.
      Description: 1 port.
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      • Publication date : September 2010
      ISBN: 9780980350036 (pbk.)

Works about this Work

Jonathon Griffiths' 'The Road Behind' Jackie Kerin , 2011 single work essay
— Appears in: Famous Reporter , no. 42 2011; (p. 133-135)
Fiction Cameron Woodhead , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 30 October 2010; (p. 24)

— Review of Award Winning Australian Writing [2010] 2010 anthology poetry short story ; The Road Behind Jonathan Griffiths , 2010 single work novel
Fiction Cameron Woodhead , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 30 October 2010; (p. 24)

— Review of Award Winning Australian Writing [2010] 2010 anthology poetry short story ; The Road Behind Jonathan Griffiths , 2010 single work novel
Jonathon Griffiths' 'The Road Behind' Jackie Kerin , 2011 single work essay
— Appears in: Famous Reporter , no. 42 2011; (p. 133-135)
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