On David Malouf by Nam Le Australian Authors “flipping” what was once working-class

“flipping” what was once working-class Labor culture

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On David Malouf by Nam Le Australian Authors “flipping” what was once working-classHere was a very much alive half Lebanese writer (from provincial Brisbane, no less) producing English language writing of the very first order The poetry was in the prose; it stayed and sprung its rhythms, chorded its ideas, concentrated its images. Every other novel claims to be written in poetic prose; the real thing, when you come across it, is actually shocking. Nam Le takes the reader on a thrilling intellectual ride in this sharp, bold essay.