Tamarisk Row

Tamarisk Row

1974 • 188 pages

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15

Written in the third person the reader gets a magnificent child's eye view of his world that covers, among other things, birds, colours, horse-racing, school, sexual awakening, religion, family life and more. At times so totally lyrical in delivery but then so stream of consciousness. But it just works! Imagine being able to write with such a childlike view of your life but making it relevant to an adult reader. I am in awe. I don't pretend that this review can do this magnificent book justice.

This is my first Gerald Murnane book but it will not be my last.

January 15, 2019