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On Marlon James' Black Leopard, Red Wolf, Debra Adelaide's Zebra, Tessa Hadley's Late in the Day and what's on David Stratton's bookshelf
It's such a fantastic start to a novel and such a classic Australian moment too.
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On Marlon James' Black Leopard, Red Wolf, Debra Adelaide's Zebra, Tessa Hadley's Late in the Day and what's on David Stratton's bookshelf
I loved it.
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On Marlon James' Black Leopard, Red Wolf, Debra Adelaide's Zebra, Tessa Hadley's Late in the Day and what's on David Stratton's bookshelf
Lots of things to love about 1998 and I do think it's underrated.
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Yes, she does, and I think she's documenting her generation very, very well.
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On Marlon James' Black Leopard, Red Wolf, Debra Adelaide's Zebra, Tessa Hadley's Late in the Day and what's on David Stratton's bookshelf
I think Andrew McGahn really was the poster boy of Generation X in Australia, and I think, you know, maybe that's not the best thing to be remembered for, but Generation X gets forgotten so easily.
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On Marlon James' Black Leopard, Red Wolf, Debra Adelaide's Zebra, Tessa Hadley's Late in the Day and what's on David Stratton's bookshelf
So, valet, Andrew McGahn.
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On Marlon James' Black Leopard, Red Wolf, Debra Adelaide's Zebra, Tessa Hadley's Late in the Day and what's on David Stratton's bookshelf
Yeah, 12 books on the list.
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On Marlon James' Black Leopard, Red Wolf, Debra Adelaide's Zebra, Tessa Hadley's Late in the Day and what's on David Stratton's bookshelf
We've discussed a number of them, Kate, here on the bookshelf.
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On Marlon James' Black Leopard, Red Wolf, Debra Adelaide's Zebra, Tessa Hadley's Late in the Day and what's on David Stratton's bookshelf
Melissa Lukashenko's Too Much Lip, Man Out of Time by Stephanie Bishop, and Little Gods by Jenny Acklin.
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On Marlon James' Black Leopard, Red Wolf, Debra Adelaide's Zebra, Tessa Hadley's Late in the Day and what's on David Stratton's bookshelf
Yes, it's one of those books that grows on you when you remember it and it returns to your mind.
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On Marlon James' Black Leopard, Red Wolf, Debra Adelaide's Zebra, Tessa Hadley's Late in the Day and what's on David Stratton's bookshelf
I really actually rate that book probably a bit more than I did at the time, The Death of Noah Glass.
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On Marlon James' Black Leopard, Red Wolf, Debra Adelaide's Zebra, Tessa Hadley's Late in the Day and what's on David Stratton's bookshelf
So congrats to all 12 writers on the list.
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On Marlon James' Black Leopard, Red Wolf, Debra Adelaide's Zebra, Tessa Hadley's Late in the Day and what's on David Stratton's bookshelf
We'll be watching to see who takes out the top prize.
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On Marlon James' Black Leopard, Red Wolf, Debra Adelaide's Zebra, Tessa Hadley's Late in the Day and what's on David Stratton's bookshelf
Yeah, who could forget it?
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On Marlon James' Black Leopard, Red Wolf, Debra Adelaide's Zebra, Tessa Hadley's Late in the Day and what's on David Stratton's bookshelf
Because it came with such a buzz and a hype.
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On Marlon James' Black Leopard, Red Wolf, Debra Adelaide's Zebra, Tessa Hadley's Late in the Day and what's on David Stratton's bookshelf
It was going to be the next big, you know, gone girl.
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On Marlon James' Black Leopard, Red Wolf, Debra Adelaide's Zebra, Tessa Hadley's Late in the Day and what's on David Stratton's bookshelf
And we didn't quite know much about the author.
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On Marlon James' Black Leopard, Red Wolf, Debra Adelaide's Zebra, Tessa Hadley's Late in the Day and what's on David Stratton's bookshelf
It was the story of a woman looking through a window in her brownstone apartment in New York, seeing, or maybe not seeing, a crime.
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On Marlon James' Black Leopard, Red Wolf, Debra Adelaide's Zebra, Tessa Hadley's Late in the Day and what's on David Stratton's bookshelf
Very reminiscent of Hitchcock's Rear Window, of course.
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On Marlon James' Black Leopard, Red Wolf, Debra Adelaide's Zebra, Tessa Hadley's Late in the Day and what's on David Stratton's bookshelf
Yeah, I remember reading interviews with him when this book came out, A.J.