Fredy Neptune: A Novel In Verse
by Les Murray
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A novel in verse on the adventures of a German-Australian sailor early this century, eg. "The first I heard that the War had really come / was a black-faced officer with a target and a church / on his cap, directing sailors to rip / our decks up, for the coal below. / I turned out of my hammock / to fight them--and our bos'un chucked me a shovel: / We're coaling that battlecruiser. / There! The English are after her!" By an Australian writer.Tags
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The most brilliant, awe-inspiring meditation on alienation I've ever read.
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Narrative verse for pleasure
75 works; 8 members
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28+ Works 954 Members
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- Canonical title*
- Fredy Neptune
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- Fredy Neptune
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- Dutch, English, German
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