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Double-Wolf

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Double-Wolf
First edition
AuthorBrian Castro
LanguageEnglish
PublisherAllen & Unwin
Publication date
1991
Publication placeAustralia
Media typePrint (Paperback)
Pages226
ISBN0044423470
Preceded byPomeroy 
Followed byAfter China 

Double-Wolf is a 1991 novel by Australian novelist Brian Castro.

Plot summary

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The novel is a fictionalised account of the life of Wolf-Man, Sigmund Freud's most famous patient, counter-pointed with an account of Artie Catacomb, a con-man and psychoanalyst living in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales.

Reviews

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  • The Canberra Times[1] - Reviewer Peter Fuller considered the novel to be the best imaginative writing of the year[2]

Awards and nominations

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References

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  1. ^ Fuller, Peter (13 July 1991). "Wolves howling at the doors of perception". The Canberra Times.
  2. ^ "Sifting through the wheat and chaff of this literary year". The Canberra Times. 28 December 1991.