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Gerald Murnane

16 February 2019

9:00 AM

16 February 2019

9:00 AM

I know I’m a bit late getting to the party; the party that has formed to honour the writing of Gerald Murnane. Indeed, there may be an actual party in Goroke because this week Murnane will turn 80 years of age. I woke up when, in the British parent section of this magazine (2 February), Daniel Swift wrote glowingly about two books by Gerald Murnane which have just been published in the UK.

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