In Taboo, Kim Scott revisits Australia's history of conflict

(2017) In Taboo, Kim Scott revisits Australia's history of conflict. The Australian, August(5), 5 August 2017. [Book/Film/Article Review]

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A review of "Taboo" written by Kim Scott, published by Picador. These days the release of a new Kim Scott novel feels like a literary event. It wasn’t always this way. His first two books, True Country (1993) and Benang (1999), established him more as a writer’s writer: a brilliant, if raw, voice calling to us from across the Nullarbor. But with his previous book, the gobsmacking That Deadman Dance (2010), Scott announced himself as the country’s most important novelist...

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ID Code: 111923
Item Type: Contribution to Newspaper, Magazine or Website (Book/Film/Article Review)
Refereed: No
ORCID iD:
Wilson, Rohanorcid.org/0000-0001-5405-4360
Keywords: Aboriginality, Kim Scott, Postcolonial fiction, Taboo
ISSN: 1038-8761
Pure ID: 87489631
Divisions: Past > QUT Faculties & Divisions > Creative Industries Faculty
Copyright Owner: 2017 The Australian
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Deposited On: 05 Oct 2017 01:18
Last Modified: 03 Mar 2024 07:47