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Geordie WilliamsonChief Literary Critic

IN the opening pages of A Million Windows, Gerald Murnane writes of a child growing up in mid 20th-century Victoria.

A NEW biography of John Updike reminds us of the importance of finding beauty in the ordinary.

THERE can’t be many novels with titles more at variance with their subject matter than Joyful.

PETER Carey may be stand-out Aussie on the global scene but Christina Stead wrote the best novel, argues Geordie Williamson.

IF you have ever been curious about recreational drugs, Ned Beauman’s new novel is the closest you will get to a legal high.

IF you have ever been curious about recreational drugs, Ned Beauman’s new novel is the closest you will get to a legal high.

IN Lost for Words, Edward St Aubyn has written a contemporary satire that touches on universal problems of culture and value.

IN Lost for Words, Edward St Aubyn has written a contemporary satire that touches on universal problems of culture and value.

CHRISTINE Piper’s After Darkness, winner of this year’s The Australian/Vogel Literary Award, is the story of a doctor, a Japanese doctor at that.

CHRISTINE Piper’s After Darkness, winner of this year’s The Australian/Vogel Literary Award, is the story of a doctor, a Japanese doctor at that.