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Malcolm Knox


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Malcolm Knox was born in 1966. He grew up in Sydney and studied in Sydney and Scotland, where his one-act play, POLEMARCHUS, was performed in St Andrews and Edinburgh. He has worked for the SYDNEY MORNING HERALD since 1994 and his journalism has been published in Australia, Britain, India and the West Indies.

His first novel Summerland was published to great acclaim in the UK, US, Australia and Europe in 2000. In 2001 Malcolm was named one of the Sydney Morning Herald's Best Young Australian novelists. He lives in Sydney with his wife Wenona, son Callum and daughter Lilian. His most recent novel, A Private Man, was critically acclaimed and was shortlisted for the Commomwealth Prize and the Tasmanian Premier’s Award.
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Australia's right is united by 'up yours' contrarianism and Mark Latham is its bellwether | Malcolm Knox

Coronavirus didn’t kill the culture wars, it only sent them into a momentary recess

When Covid-19 hit, I’d been wondering for a long time what glued together the disparate positions of the religious right in Australia: for deregulation yet also massive taxpayer subsidy; for free enterprise yet also against the free movement of labour; for the equality of all freedoms as long as one, religion, is mo

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“One of the boys said later that, given the choice of shovel, axe or mattock, Beria had taken his pick.”
Malcolm Knox, The First Friend

“Don’t talk to me about the ninety percent,’ Natia said. ‘It’s the other ten percent that tells me what I need.”
Malcolm Knox, The First Friend

“The pockmarked face was bracketed between the majestic brush of greying hair and the rich, darker-toned moustache. Like that head case in Germany, you could portray the Vozhd as a walking moustache. Two mad pricks going mo-to-mo across Poland. Europe’s destiny hung between a walrus and a toothbrush.”
Malcolm Knox, The First Friend

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