Meat Man is a regular at the Southern Cross pub in Sydney. With his tribe he sits and drinks and watches as life spirals around him. David Ireland's award-winning novel, The Glass Canoe, tells his stories, about the pub, its patrons and their women, about the brutal, tender and unexpected places his glass canoe takes him. Imbued with wonderful imagery, detail and characters, the subtlety of David Ireland's writing contrasts wonderfully with the rough-and-tumble humour of his characters.
About the book
Meat Man is a regular at the Southern Cross pub in Sydney. With his tribe he sits and drinks and watches as life spirals around him. David Ireland's award-winning novel, The Glass Canoe, tells his stories, about the pub, its patrons and their women, about the brutal, tender and unexpected places his glass canoe takes him. Imbued with wonderful imagery, detail and characters, the subtlety of David Ireland's writing contrasts wonderfully with the rough-and-tumble humour of his characters.