A review by shimmer
Their Brilliant Careers: The Fantastic Lives of Sixteen Extraordinary Australian Writers by Ryan O'Neill

Brilliant. And hilarious. Even if your knowledge of Australian literary and cultural history is limited (as mine is), O'Neill's collection of invented authors and their biographies taps into and puncture literature in a broad enough way that you'll still laugh your head off. The individual bios can each stand on its own, but as the book goes on there are more and more overlapping names and references, which only increases the fun and food for thought. As literary satire's go, this is going right on my shelf beside Paul Ewen's Francis Plug: How To Be A Public Author (and if you liked that one, I think you'll like this book, too).