Sumner Locke Elliott Book order
October 17, 1917 – June 24, 1991
This Australian author gained renown for his novels, which often drew from his own childhood and pre-war Australian experiences. Despite an increasing readership in Australia, he remained uncomfortable in his native country, partly due to his homosexuality, which marked him as different during his youth. His work is characterized by a penetrating examination of personal experience and societal context.
- 1994
- 1982
Sumner Locke Elliott (1917–1991) war Schriftsteller und Dramatiker.
- 1970
- 1965
Careful, He Might Hear You
- 512 pages
- 18 hours of reading
‘Oh, aren’t you lucky, PS.’ ‘Goodness, what a lucky boy.’ ‘What a treat!’ ‘Your Aunt Vanessa is coming.’ Vanessa was coming all the way from England back to Australia and she was coming on a piano boat. It’s the Great Depression. Six-year-old PS is an orphan. He lives in Sydney with his Aunt Lila. But all that is about to change. Now his Aunt Vanessa has decided to take proper care of him. Careful, He Might Hear You is one of the most extraordinary portraits of childhood in Australian fiction.
