Chris Womersley

Chris Womersley, in addition to the short story collection A Lovely and Terrible Thing, is the author of the novels City of Crows, Cairo, Bereft, and The Low Road. His work has been translated into French, German, Polish, Croatian, Spanish, and Vietnamese. His short fiction has been published in various magazines and anthologies. He lives in Melbourne.

Chris Womersley reviews 'Notorious' by Roberta Lowing

October 2010, no. 325 • 01 October 2010

What’s not to love about Arthur Rimbaud? Having run away from his home in northern France, the outrageous and outrageously gifted teenage poet landed on the Paris doorstep of fellow poet Paul Verlaine in 1871. There, he co-opted the twenty-seven-year-old Symbolist into his artistic enterprise of ‘derangement of the senses’, which soon saw the pair embarking on a torrid affair that culminated ... (read more)

Chris Womersley reviews 'Truth' by Peter Temple

November 2009, no. 316 • 01 November 2009

In Peter Temple’s phenomenally successful The Broken Shore (2005), detective Joe Cashin wonders what the right result might be in the case of murdered businessman and philanthropist Charles Bourgoyne. Lawyer and romantic interest Helen Castleman’s answer is succinct: ‘The truth’s the right result.’ The truth of The Broken Shore was murky, disturbing and came with a price. Several years ... (read more)