I Knit Water by Bolland, Craig

I Knit Water (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780702233197)

Vendor: Craig Bolland
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Format: Paperback
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I Knit Water by Bolland, Craig

I Knit Water

$24.95
I Knit Water by Bolland, Craig

I Knit Water

$24.95
Format: Paperback
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Meet Mark Heron ... twenty-something, burned out and recently washed up at the West End house they call Heartbreak Lodge. Meet his new neighbours ... Steve, who won a local art prize and hasn't been able to finish a painting since; Agenes who looks like Malibu Barbie but dresses like a 40s schoolmarm; Dave, optimist, idealist, connoisseur of 'Star Wars' memorabilia and hard core porn; Sarah, compassionate mystic with a checkered past; Speedy a try-sexual Vietnam vet; Trix, rave chick diva and professional nutcracker; Errol ex-Olympic fencer, sliding into old age and dementia. Mark's life becomes interwoven with his fellow tenants, their stories overlaying to form pieces of a whole, . As events unfold that threaten to turn their world upside down, Mark finds he must either go under ... or learn to knit water.This novel deals with urban loneliness. It does not shy away from the difficult questions, the philosophies of life, or from its secrets. It is intelligent, insightful and above all movingly honest. The judges were impressed by Craig Bolland's deft characterisations, his perceptiveness and the gentle humour with which he reveals aspects of the human condition.

Author: Craig Bolland
ISBN-10: 0702233196
ISBN-13: 9780702233197
Publisher: University of Queensland Pr (Australia)
Language: English
Published: 10/01/2002
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback
By Craig Bolland
By Craig Bolland
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Craig Bolland was born in Brisbane, a child of the suburban seventies. Growing up in the leafy West, Craig started daydreaming about a lot of things - including becoming a writer. The safety of his Queensland childhood has imbued Craig with a passion for travel - and risk. He's been thrown in gaol in Outer Mongolia, stayed with Tamil Tigers and communist insurgents, and chewed the fat with head hunters, shamans and monks. He's also had a pistol pressed to his head in a Manila amphetamine lab.Craig brings this life experience to his writing. He is the winner of numerous awards for his short film scripts and stage plays, including the Comalco/Queensland Theatre Company Young Playwright Award. I Knit Water is his first novel and was runner-up in the Queensland Premier's Literary Awards for best manuscript by an emerging Queensland writer.For bookings for Craig Bolland, please contact Show and Tell Promotions on www.showtell.com.au

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