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January 12, 2005
Patrick White? No thanks.
Edward Champion wonders if Patrick White is "Australia's most unreadable novelist", after linking to an article by Thor Kah Hoong in The Star Online.
I couldn't rightly say as I haven't attempted to read anything by White since I was 16, at high school, and had his Tree of Man foistered upon me as part of the English wider reading list - I couldn't finish it. Although I have a number of "literary" conversations with friends over the course of a year I doubt if White is mentioned more than once in that time. Which is a bit sad, given that he is Australia's only Nobel Laureate for Literature.
Posted by larrikin at January 12, 2005 01:03 PM