Double-Wolf
 First edition | |
| Author | Brian Castro |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Allen & Unwin |
| Publication date | 1991 |
| Publication place | Australia |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 226 |
| ISBN | 0044423470 |
| Preceded by | Pomeroy |
| Followed by | After China |
Double-Wolf is a 1991 novel by Australian novelist Brian Castro.
Plot summary
The novel is a fictionalised account of the life of Wolf-Man, Sigmund Freud's most famous patient, counter-pointed with an account of Artie Catacomb, a con-man and psychoanalyst living in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales.
Reviews
- The Canberra Times[1] - Reviewer Peter Fuller considered the novel to be the best imaginative writing of the year[2]
Awards and nominations
- 1991 winner The Age Book of the Year Award — Imaginative Writing Prize
- 1992 winner Victorian Premier's Literary Awards — The Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction[3]
- 1992 winner Diabetes Australia Prize for Innovative Writing and the Sheaffer Pen Prize
- 1992 shortlisted Miles Franklin Award[4]
References
- ^ Fuller, Peter (13 July 1991). "Wolves howling at the doors of perception". The Canberra Times.
- ^ "Sifting through the wheat and chaff of this literary year". The Canberra Times. 28 December 1991.
- ^ "Castro wins two writers' awards". The Sunday Age, 13 September 1992, p4. ProQuest 2521681420. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
- ^ ""Five vie for literary award"". The Canberra Times, 12 May 1992, p4. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
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