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| Author | Brentley Frazer |
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| Cover artist | Josh Durham |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Memoir, Bildungsroman, Künstlerroman, Roman-à-clef, Creative Nonfiction |
| Published | March 01, 2017 |
| Publisher | University of Queensland Press (UQP) |
| Publication place | Australia |
| Pages | 312 |
| ISBN | 9780702259562 |
| OCLC | 957466618 |
Scoundrel Days is a memoir by Australian contemporary poet Brentley Frazer. Described as "a gritty, Gen X memoir, recounting wild escapades into an under-culture of drugs and violence and sex by ABC Radio National [1] and by the publisher as "Tom Sawyer on acid, a 21st-century On the Road, a Holden Caulfield for punks",[2] literary critic Rohan Wilson compared Frazer's ability to shock, surprise and unsettle with that of Marcel Duchamp, concluding: "Frazer is writing here in the tradition of Helen Garner, Andrew McGahan and Nick Earls.This is dirty realism at its dirtiest."[3]
- ^ "Brentley Frazer's Scoundrel Days". ABC: Radio National Books & Arts. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2018-03-30.
- ^ "Penguin Books". Penguin Books Australia. 2017-03-01. Retrieved 2018-03-30.
- ^ Wilson, Rohan (2017-03-10). "Brentley Frazer's memoir gorges on excess of sex, drugs and violence". The Australian. Retrieved 2018-03-12.