The first biography of one of the most famous Australians and one of the world's leading poets. No other Australian writer has transcended the literary world and literary fame or made an impression on the broader community to the extent that Les Murray has. He remains intriguing, unpredictable and deeply controversial.
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"Useful...[Alexander] cast[s] a keen biographer's eye over his subject's childhood.... He develops an incisive and sympathetic portrait of a poet in the making."--Times Literary Supplement"Shrewd, measured, meticulously researched."--New York Review of Books "Useful...[Alexander] cast[s] a keen biographer's eye over his subject's childhood.... He develops an incisive and sympathetic portrait of a poet in the making."--Times Literary Supplement "Shrewd, measured, meticulously researched."--New York Review of Books "Useful...[Alexander] cast[s] a keen biographer's eye over his subject's childhood.... He develops an incisive and sympathetic portrait of a poet in the making."--Times Literary Supplement "Shrewd, measured, meticulously researched."--New York Review of Books "Useful...[Alexander] cast[s] a keen biographer's eye over his subject's childhood.... He develops an incisive and sympathetic portrait of a poet in the making."--Times Literary Supplement"Shrewd, measured, meticulously researched."--New York Review of Books "Useful... Alexander cast s a keen biographer's eye over his subject's childhood.... He develops an incisive and sympathetic portrait of a poet in the making."--Times Literary Supplement"Shrewd, measured, meticulously researched."--New York Review of Books
The first biography of one of the most famous Australians and one of the world's leading poets. No other Australian writer has transcended the literary world and literary fame or made an impression on the broader community to the extent that Les Murray has. He remains intriguing, unpredictable and deeply controversial.
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