💬 On Patrick White, Australia’s Great Unread Novelist

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When I was 22 I was in love with a man who had a framed photograph of Patrick White hanging above his bed. I had grown up with my father’s used copies of White’s novels, and had studied some of tho…

I have read a few Patrick White novels, even saw one of his plays performed. However, I will never forget growing up listening to Tony Delroy’s Nightlife quiz where if you did not know the answer it was always ‘Patrick White’.