And What Do You Do, Mr Gable?
Author(s): Richard Flanagan
'And what do you do, Mr Faulkner?' asked Clark Gable after being introduced to William Faulkner at a party. 'I write,' replied Faulkner. 'And what do you do, Mr Gable?' Collected here for the first time are the very best of Richard Flanagan's wide-ranging, free-wheeling writings on everything from directing film and writing novels to a near fatal kayak trip; from baking bread to bushfires to art to war; from Kosovar refugees on the run to Jorge Luis Borges to his celebrated essay on the rape of Tasmania's forests, credited as a key to halting Gunns' two billion dollar pulp mill. Sparkling, moving and always surprising, this is exhilarating reading from one of Australia's best writers.
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Regarded internationally as one of Australia's pre-eminent novelists, Richard Flanagan's multi-award winning novels, Death of a River Guide, The Sound of One Hand Clapping, Gould's Book of Fish and The Unknown Terrorist have been published to popular success and critical acclaim in twenty-five countries. He directed a feature film version of The Sound of One Hand Clapping and most recently collaborated with Baz Luhrmann on the script for Luhrmann's epic, Australia.
General Fields
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- : Random House Australia
- : Vintage (Australia)
- : 0.27
- : 01 April 2011
- : 129mm X 198mm X 22mm
- : Australia
- : 01 October 2011
- : books
Special Fields
- : Richard Flanagan
- : Paperback
- : 911