Film (Australian version)

Allen & Unwin, January 2001. Fiction.

A semi-autobiographical novel about obsession, ambition, failure and redemption. Out of print because it was not very good and didn’t sell well. Lovely cover, though.

“A stunning tragi-comedy.” Vogue

“Funny and touching… On present form [Condon] is a storyteller who will be delighting us for many years to come.” The Bulletin magazine

“Notably lucid and imaginative… whimsical moods, surreal humour and nicely paced set pieces. The spectacular, even virtuosic display of movie lore is bound to delight cineastes. Among the attractions of Condon’s book are the lyrical accounts of childhood dreams and puppy love, snappy fantasy screenplays drafted by his hero, beautifully cadenced dialogue... and the carefully plotted build up of character and place. Condon puts into his cross-talking urbanites’ mouths strings of glittering puns, spoonerisms and apophthegms connected by flashy backchat and a precisely gauged authorial sense of pace.” The Australian

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