Personal Best: Thirty Australian Authors Choose Their Best Short Stories edited by Garry Disher

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Minor dent to top front cover caused by paper clip. Interior is excellent.

Personal Best breaks new ground in inviting thirty Australian writers to select and explain their best or favourite story. Here are early stories, new stories, famous stories and a host of unexpected choices. Furthermore, in discussing the stories' origins and how they were created, the contributors offer a fascinating glimpse into the writer at work.

Contributors include: Peter Carey, Michael Wilding, Glenda Adams, James McQueen, Helen Garner, Garry Disher, Murray Bail, Jean Bedford, Barry Hill, Thea Astley, Kate Grenville, Elizabeth Jolley, Peter Goldsworthy, Tim Winton, David Malouf and Archie Weller.