In the Irish Times Arminta Wallace profiles Australian author Alex Miller.
When I read the title of the piece -- A well kept secret in a world of hype -- I guffawed (yes, guffawed; I often find myself doing that when reading literary coverage in newspapers). Alex Miller, one of Australia's most famous authors (a two-time Miles Franklin Award-winner), a well-kept secret ? In what strange universe ?
But seeing as how neither Autumn Laing -- his most recent work -- nor most of his fiction seems to have a US publisher .....
When I read the title of the piece -- A well kept secret in a world of hype -- I guffawed (yes, guffawed; I often find myself doing that when reading literary coverage in newspapers). Alex Miller, one of Australia's most famous authors (a two-time Miles Franklin Award-winner), a well-kept secret ? In what strange universe ?
But seeing as how neither Autumn Laing -- his most recent work -- nor most of his fiction seems to have a US publisher .....