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How to Speak Australian: Books!
80 percent almost uninhabitable desert, and sometimes called the last great frontier on earth, Australia requires its people to be made of hearty stuff. While late in developing, Australian literature acquired its own independent style as it emerged.
Gerald Kersh: Man of Many Skins
As diverse as it is fascinating, Kersh’s work is about soldiers at war, crime and criminals, and the city of London. His short stories covered every subject and genre, but he seemed to favor the fantastic and horrific. In any skin, Gerald Kersh was a master.
British and Irish Literary Fiction, 1999
Our annual survey of the best and potentially most collectable books published in the British Isles and Ireland; chosen not only for their literary accomplishment, but also for their entertainment value.
Collecting Joyce Cary
Cary enjoyed great popularity and critical esteem throughout the ’50s and ’60s. Since then, he has been known primarily for The Horse’s Mouth, the basis of the immortal Alec Guinness film comedy. Lately, interest is stirring again, especially in his novels set in Africa and his essays on colonial rule.
Books into Film
Night and the City, a novel by Gerald Kersh, films by Jules Dassin and Irwin Winkler.