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Account of one of the literary world's great hoaxes. Describes the circumstances behind the creation of the apocryphal poet, Ern Malley, the publication of his poems in the avant-garde journal 'Angry Penguins', and the subsequent trial of the magazine's unsuspecting editor Max Harris on obscenity charges. The poems are printed in full and for the first time in many years are seriously re-evaluated. Introduction by Robert Hughes. Includes extensive notes and an index. Heyward is a former co-editor of 'Scripsi'.Heyward, Michael is the author of 'Ern Malley Affair' with ISBN 9780571171545 and ISBN 0571171540.
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