Praiseworthy by Alexis Wright review – how can one novel contain so much?
Linguistically commodious and panoramically plotted, Wright’s 700-page monster would have given Henry James a heart attack – but it has so much to say
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Linguistically commodious and panoramically plotted, Wright’s 700-page monster would have given Henry James a heart attack – but it has so much to say
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Alexis Wright’s latest novel is an elegy and an ode to Aboriginal law and sovereignty: innovative, visionary, and volcanic in its rage.