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David Brooks


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David Brooks has published several collections of poetry, short fiction and essays, and four novels, The House of Balthus (1995), The Fern Tattoo (2007), The Umbrella Club (2009) and The Conversation (2012). His work has been highly acclaimed, widely translated and anthologised, and shortlisted for the Miles Franklin, New South Wales Premier’s, Adelaide Festival and many other awards. In 2011 he published The Sons of Clovis: Ern Malley, Adoré Floupette, and a secret history of Australian poetry. He teaches Australian literature at the University of Sydney, is co-editor of the journal Southerly, lives in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales, and spends a small part of each year in a village on the sea coast of Slovenia.

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Average rating: 3.61 · 747 ratings · 157 reviews · 55 distinct worksSimilar authors
The Conversation

3.52 avg rating — 118 ratings — published 2012 — 7 editions
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The Fern Tattoo

3.53 avg rating — 88 ratings — published 2007 — 3 editions
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The Grass Library

4.39 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 2019 — 4 editions
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The Balcony (UQP Poetry Ser...

4.44 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2009
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The Umbrella Club

3.25 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2009
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The book of Sei

3.50 avg rating — 16 ratings2 editions
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Open House

4.67 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions
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The house of Balthus

3.10 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1995 — 3 editions
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Napoleon's Roads

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The Other Side of Daylight

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