Australian Book Review

September 1997, no. 194

September 1997, no. 194

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Literary Studies

Continent of Mystery: A Thematic History of Australian Crime Fiction by Stephen Knight

by Stuart Coupe

Antarctica

The Silence Calling: Australians in Antarctica 1947–97 by Tim Bowden

by Peter Pierce

Poetry

Working Temple by Caroline Caddy

Anthologies

The Penguin Book of the City edited by Robert Drewe

by Andrew Riemer

Fiction

Kerryn Goldsworthy reviews 'The Chosen' by David Ireland

by Kerryn Goldsworthy

Fiction

The Service of Clouds by Delia Falconer

by Terri-ann White

Poetry

Bluebeard in Drag by Tracy Ryan

by Dorothy Hewett

Film

'The Well': A sensitive adaptation of Elizabeth Jolley's dramatic novel

by Peter Craven

Essay

'Photographs of Authors in Australian Book Review' by Subhash Jaireth

by Subhash Jaireth

Fiction

Now You See Me by Jean Bedford

by Cath Kenneally

Poetry

Mortal Divide: The autobiography of Yiorgos Alexandroglou by George Alexander

Fiction

Little White Secrets by Catherine Jinks

by Katherine England

Australian History

The Rocks: Life in Early Sydney by Grace Karskens

by Geoffrey Bolton

Letters

Letters to the Editor - September 1997

by Adi Wimmer, Heather Cam, Zan Ross, Ian MacFarlane, Janet Hay

Commentary

'Praise of Time' by David Brooks

by David Brooks

Children's and Young Adult Fiction

The Listmaker by Robin Klein & The Apostle Bird by Garry Disher

by Stephen Matthews

Biography

Gallienus by John Bray & A Portrait of John Bray edited by Wilfred Prest

by Alex Castles

Gender

Depraved and Disorderly: Female sexuality and gender in colonial Australia by Joy Damousi

Art

First Choice by Ken Cato

by Jackie Cooper

Poetry

Salt: Volume 10 edited by John Kinsella

by Robert Adamson

Nature Writing

Landprints: Reflections on place and landscape by George Seddon

by Stephen Muecke

Politics

Abiding Interests by Gough Whitlam

by Gerard Henderson

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