tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21277069.post7563075290249399088..comments2024-02-22T13:40:45.894+11:00Comments on Happy Antipodean: Matthew da Silvahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07158988637117138260noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21277069.post-32083817095397544092007-04-05T10:50:00.000+10:002007-04-05T10:50:00.000+10:00You're correct. It was his third book, published i...You're correct. It was his third book, published in 1973 according to the AustLit database, which includes this:<BR/><BR/>'Moorhouse had prepared an anti-censorship set of three stories called The Illegal Relatives but held up publication because he wanted to revise them. Eventually the printer went ahead with this volume without the author's permission.' (G. M. Gillard, 'The New Writing: Matthew da Silvahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07158988637117138260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21277069.post-69996071176565240962007-04-05T10:34:00.000+10:002007-04-05T10:34:00.000+10:00I have a tattered copy of this book. I'm fairly su...I have a tattered copy of this book. I'm fairly sure it wasn't his first pubished book, though. If I recall correctly, Futility and Other Animals, and maybe even The Americans, Baby were already in print.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com