Larrikins

In a recent weekend paper there was a review of yet another biography labelling its subject a larrikin. This time it was Shirl: The Lift of a Legendary Larrikin. No doubt Jeff Apter depicts Shirley Strachan as a bloke…

Green identifies Stone’s narrative gift in his ability to construct character through action, connecting this effect to the narrative devices of motion pictures. The limitations of the novel, Green argues, would be assisted by adaptation to film, enabling the visual…