The Receding Wave: Henry Lawson’s Prose

by Brian Matthews

196 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1972

About the author

Well known as a raconteur, storyteller and public speaker, Brian Matthews is a hopelessly unreconstructed St Kilda supporter who has spent far too much of his life at the MCG and other sporting grounds pursuing truth and victory. He is the author of many books, including Louisa, the life of Louisa Lawson, and, more recently, As the Story Goes and the autobiography A Fine and Private Place. He had a cult following as a famously funny and satiric weekly columnist for the Australian Weekend Magazine from 1997 to 2001 and now writes a monthly column for Eureka Street. Brian's writing ranges widely over literary non-fiction, criticism, fiction, popular culture, satire and sport. He is Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Europe-Australia Institute at Victoria University and lives in the Clare Valley in South Australia with his wife, Jane Arms.