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Johnno is a semi-autobiographical novel written by Australian author David Malouf and was first published in 1975. It was Malouf's first novel. It was Malouf's first novel. In 2004 it was selected by the Brisbane City Council as the joint-winner of the annual One Book One Brisbane competition to find the book that best represents Brisbane .
- David Malouf
- 1975
Jan 1, 2001 · Johnno spends time working at a mine site and is the first to leave Australia, living in Paris for years. Dante also leaves Australia, finding work teaching in England. He meets Johnno in Paris for a few weeks and later in Greece. It’s a poignant story about coming of age and how well do we really know our friends. A novel worth rereading.
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Despite Johnno's assertion that Brisbane was absolutely the ugliest place in the world, I had the feeling as I walked across deserted intersections, past empty parks with their tropical trees all spiked and sharp-edged in the early sunlight, that it might even be beautiful . . . 'Johnno is a typical Australian who refuses to be typical.
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- David Malouf
- Univ. of Queensland Press, 1998
Johnno is a short novel by the Australian author David Malouf . The chapters devoted to telling the story of the main character Johnno are embedded in a framework of two chapters, the first and the last describing the narrator's days mourning the death of his grandfather. These chapters create the setting for going through old things, papers ...
Sep 1, 2008 · Dante and Johnno are unlikely childhood friends, growing up in the bustle of steamy, wartime Brisbane. Later, as teenagers, they learn about love and life amidst the city's pubs and public libraries, backyards and brothels, Moreton Bay figs and tennis parties. As adults, they make the great pilgrimage overseas and maintain an uneasy friendship ...
Nov 23, 2015 · " Johnno is a typical Australian who refuses to be typical. His disorderly presence can disturb the staleness of his home town or destroy the tranquillity of a Greek landscape. An affectionately outrageous portrait, David Malouf's first novel recreates the war-conscious forties, the pubs and brothels of the fifties, and the years away treading water overseas.
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Johnno is a typical Australian who refuses to be typical. His disorderly presence can disturb the staleness of his home town or destroy the tranquility of a Greek landscape. An affectionately outrageous portrait, David Malouf's first novel recreates the war-conscious forties, the pubs and brothels of the fifties, and the years away treading water overseas.
