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Bernard Cohen (1) (1963–)

Auteur van Paul Needs Specs

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Bernard Cohen won the inaugural Russell Prize for Humour Writing with his title The Antibiography of Robert F Menzies. The award consisted of a $10,000 monetary prize. Cohen has announced he plans to donate $5000 of the prize money to Save the Children for their work with children in detention on toon meer Nauru and $5000 to hospitals for children¿s play equipment. The Russell Prize for Humour Writing is administered by the State Library of NSW and was launched to celebrate, recognise and encourage humour writing. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder

Werken van Bernard Cohen

Paul Needs Specs (1800) 44 exemplaren
The Blindman's Hat (1997) 18 exemplaren
Snowdome (1998) 17 exemplaren
Hardly beach weather (2002) 8 exemplaren
Tourism (1992) 8 exemplaren

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Jack drives his ex-girlfriend Maria 1400 kilometres from Sydney to Adelaide in a small car. She is going to meet up with her new boyfriend; Jack offers a lift because their former relationship is now improperly defined.

Hardly Beach Weather is a road novel of unremitting Australian-ness - the sheep in the tuckerbag; a lone woman watching for snakes in the bush; rural mistrust of city slickers.

A good concept, well written and well executed - but somehow I could not warm to either Jack or Maria. In fact, they irritated me almost as much (but not quite) as Peter Carey's Oscar and Lucinda. I just wanted to give them both a good shake and tell them to get over it!… (meer)
 
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5
Leden
95
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#197,646
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½ 2.4
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1
ISBNs
37
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