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Remembering babylon was shortlisted for the booker prize. David malouf shines new light on homers iliad, adding twists and reflections as well as flashes of earthy humour to surprise and enchant. In this exquisite gem of a novel, achilles is maddened by grief at the death of his friend patroclus. David malouf was born in queensland, australia, in 1934 to a lebanesechristian father and englishjewish mother. Since interiors in four poets, 1962, he has published poetry, novels and short stories, essays, opera librettos and a play, and has been widely translated.
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