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Sons of Clovis
At the heart of the book is the famous Australian hoax, the Ern Malley affair, in which two young, still-forming poets, McAuley and Stewart, fabricated the raw, working-class identity Ern Malley, only to have him die tragically young, leaving behind his book of experimental poems, The Darkening Ecliptic (1944).
Equally - and this is where the detective work really kicks in - the book is also about a late- 19th-century literary hoax that produced the wonderfully foppish Adore Floupette, ''poet of the decadent school … with nothing but scorn for the public''. Floupette, whose voice ''could be heard from one end of the cafe to the other'', reciting the ''ternaries that he had composed over dinner: 'I would love to be gaga/With my heart adrift/On the syringa flower.'
'''Gaga!' came from one of the ladies who until then had kept the profoundest silence. 'But my poor dear, you are already.'''
It's Brooks's achievement to compel us into considering the (improbable, possible) links between these two hoaxes.
I'm not sure if it's being published anywhere but Australia, though this won't be an issue if you're willing to pay international shipping.
Equally - and this is where the detective work really kicks in - the book is also about a late- 19th-century literary hoax that produced the wonderfully foppish Adore Floupette, ''poet of the decadent school … with nothing but scorn for the public''. Floupette, whose voice ''could be heard from one end of the cafe to the other'', reciting the ''ternaries that he had composed over dinner: 'I would love to be gaga/With my heart adrift/On the syringa flower.'
'''Gaga!' came from one of the ladies who until then had kept the profoundest silence. 'But my poor dear, you are already.'''
It's Brooks's achievement to compel us into considering the (improbable, possible) links between these two hoaxes.
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Categories: Books, Literature/Language Posted by Alex on Mon Oct 24, 2011 |
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I can keep my eyes open for it if you'd like. God knows you've sent me enough books!
Posted by Nettie in Perth, Western Australia on Tue Oct 25, 2011 at 03:46 AM
And if you like, I could even sign it for you...you know, just so we're even 
Posted by Nettie in Perth, Western Australia on Tue Oct 25, 2011 at 03:46 AM
>> I could even sign it for you
That would be really cool! (Oh, and I mailed the cardiff giant a few days ago. So keep an eye out for that!)
Posted by Alex in San Diego on Tue Oct 25, 2011 at 02:37 PM
That would be really cool! (Oh, and I mailed the cardiff giant a few days ago. So keep an eye out for that!)
According to their website, it's in stock at my local book store. I'll pick it up this week and hopefully get to the post office this Saturday 
Posted by Nettie in Perth, Western Australia on Wed Oct 26, 2011 at 07:29 AM
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