The Ern Malley Affair

University of Queensland Press, Australia, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Hardcover. 284 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: University of Queensland Press, Australia, 1993. First Edition. *** CONDITION: The book itself is in fine condition and comes in fine dust jacket. More specifically: Boards have no wear, rubbing or soiling. Dust jacket is in excellent condtion. . Pages are clean and unmarked and in excellent condition. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: In October 1943, the young Australian literary editor, Max Harris, received a package of poems by a recently deceased Australian poet, Ern Malley, forwarded by Ern's sister Ethel. Harris was convinced that he had stumbled on a work of genius. He published the poems in his own magazine "Angry Penguins". But it was all a hoax, the Ern Malley poems were the work of two young Australian poets, James McAuley and Harold Stewart, who had composed the poems in the course of a single afternoon while on duty at their barracks in Melbourne. The consequences of this action were to haunt all the participants for the rest of their lives. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: True Crime; ISBN: 0702225622. ISBN/EAN: 9780702225628. Inventory No: 21050169.. 9780702225628