tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831810813762214573.post7773214345744591508..comments2023-12-23T02:31:53.346+11:00Comments on The ShadowLands: On this dayMargo's Maidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07033240632142631251noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831810813762214573.post-16119590713588426662008-05-28T09:26:00.000+10:002008-05-28T09:26:00.000+10:00Reading Patrick White left me with a profound susp...Reading Patrick White left me with a profound suspicion of a) the Australian literati and b) the Nobel selection committees.<BR/>At 19 I found The Tree Of Man totally beyond me, but vowed I would try again with another White novel. Which was, as it turned out, The Vivisectionist when I was 27.<BR/>I've been White-free ever since. And no regrets.<BR/>SwinishCapitalist.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com