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How to Make Gravy by Paul Kelly

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February 2011, no. 328

How to Make Gravy by Paul Kelly

Hamish Hamilton, $49.95 hb, 568 pp

How to Make Gravy by Paul Kelly

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February 2011, no. 328

In his ‘mongrel memoir’, How to Make Gravy, singer–songwriter Paul Kelly describes the ‘pretendies’ that can ambush a musician on stage: ‘One minute you’re putting a song over to the crowd, totally inside what you’re doing, everything meshing, then suddenly you’re adrift, floating above yourself and wondering what on earth you’re doing there.’

Anna Goldsworthy reviews 'How to Make Gravy' by Paul Kelly

How to Make Gravy

by Paul Kelly

Hamish Hamilton, $49.95 hb, 568 pp

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