Shaughnessy Bishop-Stall is a

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journalist, best known for his 2004 book ''Down to This: Squalor and Splendour in a Big-City Shantytown''. The book describes a period in Bishop-Stall's life during which he voluntarily gave up his old life and spent a year living in

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.''Down to This: Squalor and Splendour in a Big-city Shantytown''

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. A graduate of

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, he has written for '' Saturday Night'', ''

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'', the ''

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''. He instructs creative writing classes for the

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's School of Continuing Studies. He also appeared in the third season of the

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sitcom '' The Newsroom'', playing a newswriter.

Works

* ''Down to This: Squalor and Splendour in a Big-City Shantytown'', 2004 * ''Ghosted'', 2010 * ''Hungover: A History of the Morning After and One Man's Quest for the Cure'', 2018

Reviews of ''Down to This''

* ''Sydney Morning Herald'

References

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