num_pages: 274
description: Absurd original and highly addictive In Their Brilliant Careers Ryan ONeill has written a hilarious novel in the guise of sixteen biographies of (invented) Australian writers. Meet Rachel Deverall who discovers the secret female source of the great literature of our time  and pays a terrible price for her discovery. Meet Rand Washington hugely popular sci-fi author (of Whiteman of Cor) and holder of extreme views on race and gender. Meet Addison Tiller the master of the bush yarn The Chekhov of Coolabah who has never travelled outside Sydney.Their Brilliant Careers is a playful set of stories linked in many ways which together form a memorable whole. It is a wonderful comic tapestry of the writing life and a large-scale parody in which every detail adds to the humour of the overall picture.Unpredictable and intriguing Their Brilliant Careers takes Australian writing in a whole new direction.
language: English
title: Their Brilliant Careers: The Fantastic Lives of Sixteen Extraordinary Australian Writers
publisher: Black Inc.