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Loose Living by Frank Moorhouse
Category: Fiction | Series: Moorhouse Collection Ser.
How our Hero came to be a cultural ambassador in France fell into strange company; how he encountered the Duc and his entourage; how Europe responded to his Australian ways; how refinement eluded him; how the queen of commas almost brought him down by tugging his rope; how he became an honoured member o ...Show more
Martini: A Memoir by Frank Moorhouse
Category: Biography
At once a celebration of the most elegant, arcane and mysterious cocktail of them all - the martini - and a lyrical memoir of friendship and love won and lost, MARTINI: A MEMOIR is Frank Moorhouse at his melancholy and hilarious best. As he muses on the aesthetics of martini lore - olive or twist, shake ...Show more
Martini - A Memoir by Frank Moorhouse
Category: Biography Memoir
J.D. Rockefeller is said to have once remarked to friends: 'Before choosing your hotel, order a martini cocktail at the bar. Then you'll know if the hotel is good enough for you...' At once a celebration of the most elegant, arcane and mysterious cocktail of them all - the martini - and a lyrical memoir ...Show more
Room Service by Frank Moorhouse
Category: Fiction
Frank Moorhouse and his alter ego, Francoise Blase, are at their mordant best. Their wit, satire and keen eye for detail are finely honed as they travel at home and abroad, savouring the persecution inflicted by bell captains, barmen and tour guides - together with the endless buffeting of cultural diff ...Show more
The Americans, Baby by MOORHOUSE, FRANK
Category: Fiction
In The Americans, Baby the milieu is a Sydney under-40 population who, hoping that being earnest or outrageous will make them feel real, are left saturated with anxiety instead. An inherent resistance to American cultural intrusions and the risks that those from a great powerful land such as the US take ...Show more
The Best Australian Stories: 2004 by Frank Moorhouse
Category: Fiction
Australia's great modern writer, Frank Moorhouse, has collected Australia's finest short fiction from the last twelve months, showcasing the art of the well-crafted story, from the poetic and experimental to the classic. The contributors to this collection display the best fiction writers at the top of ...Show more
The Drover's Wife: A Collection by Frank Moorhouse
Category: Languages and Reference
Since Henry Lawson wrote his story 'The Drover's Wife' in 1892, Australian writers, painters, performers and photographers have created a wonderful tradition of Drover's Wife works, stories and images.The Russell Drysdale painting from 1945 has become an Australian icon.Other versions of the Lawson stor ...Show more
The Electrical Experience by MOORHOUSE, FRANK
Category: Classic Fiction
'I do not care for words in top hats. I believe in shirt-sleeve words. I believe in getting the job done. We're like that on the coast.' T. George McDowell, a manufacturer of soft drinks on the south coast of New South Wales, prides himself on extolling the virtues of progress. He is a Rotarian and expo ...Show more