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And What Do You Do, Mr Gable?

And What Do You Do, Mr Gable?

by Richard Flanagan
Paperback
Publication Date: 01/05/2015

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From the winner of the Man Booker Prize. The collected short pieces of nonfiction from one of Australia's best novelists.

From the winner of the Man Booker Prize. The collected short pieces of nonfiction from one of Australia's best novelists.

'And what do you do, Mr Faulkner?' asked Clark Gable after being introduced to William Faulkner at a party.
'I write,' replied Faulkner.
'And what do you do, Mr Gable?'

Over the years, Richard Flanagan's non-fiction has gained a major reputation.

Gathered here in this updated edition are the best of his writings on everything from directing film to a near fatal kayak trip, from Jorge Luis Borges to baking bread. Included is his celebrated Perth Writers' Festival closing address on love stories and the murder of Reza Barati, along with his famous essay on Gunns that set in train the end of the woodchipping giant.

Together they form a revealing guide to the literary and personal world of Richard Flanagan.
ISBN:
9780857989246
9780857989246
Category:
Prose: non-fiction
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
01-05-2015
Publisher:
Random House Australia
Country of origin:
Australia
Pages:
384
Dimensions (mm):
199x130x25mm
Weight:
0.27kg
Richard Flanagan

Richard Flanagan was born in Longford, Tasmania, in 1961. He is descended from Irish convicts transported to Van Diemen’s Land in the 1840s. His father is a survivor of the Burma Death Railway. One of his three brothers is Australian Rules football journalist Martin Flanagan. He grew up in the remote mining town of Rosebery on Tasmania’s western coast.

His novels, Death Of A River Guide, The Sound Of One Hand Clapping, Gould’s Book Of Fish, The Unknown Terrorist, Wanting and The Narrow Road to the Deep North have received numerous honours and are published in twenty-six countries.

He directed a feature film version of The Sound Of One Hand Clapping. A collection of his essays is published as And What Do You Do, Mr Gable?

His latest book The Narrow Road to the Deep North won the 2014 Man Booker Prize for Fiction.

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