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The Lame Dog Man
''The Lame Dog Man'' (1967) is a novel by Australian author George Turner. It is the last in the author's "Treelake" series, following ''The Cupboard Under the Stairs ''The Cupboard Under the Stairs'' is a Miles Franklin Award-winning novel by Australian author George Turner. This novel shared the award with ''The Well Dressed Explorer'' by Thea Astley Thea Beatrice May Astley (25 August 1925 – 17 ...'' and ''A Waste of Shame''. Plot outline The title character is Jimmy Carlvon, a young man employed as a Commonwealth employment officer. Carlvon moves among a group of psychologically disturbed people, attempting to rectify problems in others' lives while being totally unable to do anything about this own. Critical reception Reviewing the novel in ''The Age'' Neil Jillet noted that with this novel "George Turner ends his Treelake (Wangraratta ?) trilogy, one of the more quietly impressive achievements of Australian postwar literature." He did, however, have some re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Turner (writer)
George Reginald Turner (8 October 1916 – 8 June 1997) was an Australian writer and critic, best known for the science fiction novels written in the later part of his career. His first science fiction story and novel appeared in 1978, when he was in his early sixties. By this point, however, he had already achieved success as a mainstream novelist, including a Miles Franklin Award, and as a literary critic. Biography Turner was born in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, and educated in Melbourne. He served in the Australian Imperial Forces during the Second World War. Subsequently, he worked in a variety of fields, including as an employment officer, as a technician in the textile industry, and was a reviewer of science fiction for the Melbourne Newspaper ''The Age''.Collins, Paulsen & McMullen 1998, p. 173. Prior to writing science fiction, he had a well-established reputation as a mainstream literary fiction writer, his most productive period being from 1959 to 1967, during which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Language
English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the island of Great Britain. Existing on a dialect continuum with Scots, and then closest related to the Low Saxon and Frisian languages, English is genealogically West Germanic. However, its vocabulary is also distinctively influenced by dialects of France (about 29% of Modern English words) and Latin (also about 29%), plus some grammar and a small amount of core vocabulary influenced by Old Norse (a North Germanic language). Speakers of English are called Anglophones. The earliest forms of English, collectively known as Old English, evolved from a group of West Germanic (Ingvaeonic) dialects brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the 5th century and further mutated by Norse-speaking Viking settlers starting in the 8th and 9th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cassell (publisher)
Cassell & Co is a British book publishing house, founded in 1848 by John Cassell (1817–1865), which became in the 1890s an international publishing group company. In 1995, Cassell & Co acquired Pinter Publishers. In December 1998, Cassell & Co was bought by the Orion Publishing Group. In January 2002, Cassell imprints, including the Cassell Reference and Cassell Military were joined with the Weidenfeld imprints to form a new division under the name of Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd. Cassell Illustrated survives as an imprint of the Octopus Publishing Group. History John Cassell (1817–1865), who was in turn a carpenter, temperance preacher, tea and coffee merchant, finally turned to publishing. His first publication was on 1 July 1848, a weekly newspaper called ''The Standard of Freedom'' advocating religious, political, and commercial freedom. '' The Working Man's Friend'' became another popular publication. In 1849 Cassell was dividing his time between his publishing and his gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cupboard Under The Stairs
''The Cupboard Under the Stairs'' is a Miles Franklin Award-winning novel by Australian author George Turner. This novel shared the award with ''The Well Dressed Explorer'' by Thea Astley Thea Beatrice May Astley (25 August 1925 – 17 August 2004) was an Australian novelist and short story writer. She was a prolific writer who was published for over 40 years from 1958. At the time of her death, she had won more Miles Franklin .... The novel tells the story of Harry White, who attempts to rebuild his life after spending six years in a mental institution. Notes The novel carries the following dedication: "To Betty and Lindsay Bloomfield for one reason and another". The author added the following note: "Kilkalla is not modelled on any existing branch of the Department of Mental Hygiene. To eliminate such confusion I have employed only generalized statements as to the detailed nature of the work carried on there, emphasizing only that it is experimental." 1962 Au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1967 In Australian Literature
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1967. Major publications Books * A. Bertram Chandler – '' Nebula Alert'' * Jon Cleary – '' The Long Pursuit'' * Kenneth Cook – ''Tuna'' * Dymphna Cusack – ''The Sun is Not Enough'' * Catherine Gaskin – '' Edge of Glass'' * Thomas Keneally – ''Bring Larks and Heroes'' * Eric Lambert – ''Hiroshima Reef'' * Joan Lindsay – '' Picnic at Hanging Rock'' * Tony Morphett – ''Dynasty'' * Barry Oakley – ''A Wild Ass of a Man'' * Katharine Susannah Prichard – ''Subtle Flame'' * Kylie Tennant – ''Tell Morning This'' * George Turner – ''The Lame Dog Man'' Short stories * Beatrice Davis – ''Short Stories of Australia - The Moderns'' (edited) * Frank Hardy – ''Billy Borker Yarns Again'' * Shirley Hazzard – ''People in Glass Houses'' * Douglas Stewart – ''Short Stories of Australia - The Lawson Tradition'' (edited) * Kylie Tennant – ''Ma Jones and th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
