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Patrick White was an Australian novelist and playwright, influential in Australian literature.

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Christos Tsiolkas on Patrick White, Stuart Coupe on Irvine Welsh's Dead Men's Trousers, Eleanor Limprecht on Alicia Drake's I Love You Too Much and Jonathan Green on Meanjin's short fiction collection

Well, Christos Tsiolkos, your love for Patrick White is infectious and I'm sure many people listening will discover him because of that enthusiasm that we hear.

The Bookshelf
Christos Tsiolkas on Patrick White, Stuart Coupe on Irvine Welsh's Dead Men's Trousers, Eleanor Limprecht on Alicia Drake's I Love You Too Much and Jonathan Green on Meanjin's short fiction collection

Where do we start if people have just decided to read Patrick White for the first time?

The Bookshelf
Christos Tsiolkas on Patrick White, Stuart Coupe on Irvine Welsh's Dead Men's Trousers, Eleanor Limprecht on Alicia Drake's I Love You Too Much and Jonathan Green on Meanjin's short fiction collection

But for me, I would suggest that you start with white and then get to the biography and then get to the flaws in the glass as well, which is a witty and caustic and terrific bit of writing.

The Bookshelf
Christos Tsiolkas on Patrick White, Stuart Coupe on Irvine Welsh's Dead Men's Trousers, Eleanor Limprecht on Alicia Drake's I Love You Too Much and Jonathan Green on Meanjin's short fiction collection

This kind of, it feels, it's a joy itself to read after the experience of having fallen in love with white.

The Bookshelf
Christos Tsiolkas on Patrick White, Stuart Coupe on Irvine Welsh's Dead Men's Trousers, Eleanor Limprecht on Alicia Drake's I Love You Too Much and Jonathan Green on Meanjin's short fiction collection

I'm really grateful for Mars Biography because once you fall in love with white, and I've fallen in love with white, then the biography gives you this immense wealth of detail.

The Bookshelf
Christos Tsiolkas on Patrick White, Stuart Coupe on Irvine Welsh's Dead Men's Trousers, Eleanor Limprecht on Alicia Drake's I Love You Too Much and Jonathan Green on Meanjin's short fiction collection

And also David Marr's much quoted biography, Patrick White, A Life, which really feel like they're part of the sort of pantheon of Patrick White in a way.

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Christos Tsiolkas on Patrick White, Stuart Coupe on Irvine Welsh's Dead Men's Trousers, Eleanor Limprecht on Alicia Drake's I Love You Too Much and Jonathan Green on Meanjin's short fiction collection

Manolis gave Patrick White was an understanding, a further understanding of what it meant to be an outsider.