Johnno by David Malouf

Johnno by David MaloufDavid Malouf's first novel recreates the war conscious forties, the pubs and brothels of the fifties, and the years away treading water overseas. 'Despite Johnno's assertion that Brisbane was absolutely the ugliest place in the world, I had the feelings as I walked across deserted intersections, past empty parks with their tropical trees all spiked and sharp edged in the early sunlight, that it might even be beautiful . . . ' Dante and Johnno are

It tells the story of Joana

and her ability to encapsulate these within her literature

} The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov Russia's literary world is shaken to its foundations when a mysterious gentleman a professor of black magic arrives in Moscow

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An irritatingly appealing threat

by freeing ourselves from the conflicting

intimate and provocative

and South Asian flavours

religion and material culture in Australia and Asia

from an authentic team of debut authors who know their material

Create your own construction site pictures with the reusable play pieces in this book that's full of endless play scene fun

‘Sobel’s book is a luminous and illuminating contribution to the cause’ Literary Review