Drover's Wives
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Henry Lawson's short story The Drover's Wife is an Australian classic that has sparked interpretations on the page, on canvas and on the stage. But it has never been so thoroughly, or hilariously, reimagined as by Ryan O'Neill, remixing and revising Lawson's masterpiece in 101 different ways. The variations include a a pop song, a sporting commentary, a 1980s computer game, an insurance claim, a Hollywood movie adaptation, a cryptic crossword and even the selection of paint swatches you can see on this back cover. Inventive and unexpected, this is laugh-out-loud literature from the author of the award-winning Their Brilliant Careers.
Inventive and unexpected, this is laugh-out-loud literature from one of Australia's finest satirists.
Ryan O'Neill was born in Glasgow in 1975 and now lives in Australia. His short story collection The Weight of a Human Heart was shortlisted for the 2012 Queensland Literary Awards. His debut novel Their Brilliant Careers won the Australian PM's Prize for Fiction and was shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award.