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Their Brilliant Careers
Their Brilliant Careers: The Fantastic Lives of Sixteen Extraordinary Australian Writers | Ryan O'Neill
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Absurd, original and highly addictive . . . In Their Brilliant Careers, Ryan O'Neill has written a hilarious novel in the guise of sixteen biographies of (invented) Australian writers. Meet Rachel Deverall, who discovered the secret source of the great literature of our time - and paid a terrible price for her discovery. Meet Rand Washington, hugely popular sci-fi author (of Whiteman of Cor) and inveterate racist. Meet Addison Tiller, master of the bush yarn, "The Chekhov of Coolabah", who never travelled outside Sydney. Their Brilliant Careers is a playful set of stories, linked in many ways, which together form a memorable whole. A wonderful comic tapestry of the writing life, this unpredictable and intriguing work takes Australian writing in a whole new direction . . .
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True to the great Aussie tradition of having a laugh at ourselves this book is one of the funniest reads I have enjoyed in a long time. #theirbrilliantcareers by #ryanoneill weaves multiples stories via 16 made-up-but-oh-so-real and completely believable biographies based on some our 'typical' authors. Irreverent, well researched, excellently written, this is an absolute recommend...
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