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Title	:	Johnno
Author	:	David Malouf
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 256 pages
Published	:	September 1st 1998 by University of Queensland Pr (Australia) (first published 1975)
Categories	:	Fiction. Cultural. Australia. Classics

Johnno

David Malouf

Hardcover | Pages: 256 pages

Rating: 3.73 | 899 Users | 63 Reviews

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Brought back to Australia by the death of his father, Dante is sorting through his father's belonging when he comes across a photograph of Johnno, a long-time friend. The photograph stirs up a lifetime of memories for Dante, leading him to finally set Johnno's story--which has haunted him for years--on paper. An outrageous character of legendary proportions, Johnno is brought top life in all his complexity, beginning with his days at Brisbane Grammar School, when he and Dante first become friends, to the days they spend together in Paris, Johnno's inexplicable rages and periodic transformations are recounted until we come to know him--without ever quite understanding him. Daring, impossible, and unpredictable, Johnno is a fascinating character. His shocking behavior awes some, annoys others, and provokes a good many more. Above all, though, he is thoroughly unforgettable.

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Original Title:	Johnno
ISBN:	0702230154 (ISBN13: 9780702230158)
Edition Language:	English
Setting:	Brisbane, Queensland(Australia) Australia

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Ratings: 3.73 From 899 Users | 63 Reviews

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This is a difficult book to review. It's both frustrating and compelling with Johno like a time bomb waiting to go off.

I enjoyed the book a lot more when I read the author's afterword at the end. I really didn't like the antagonist of the story (Johnno) but the tale was well told and, as always with Malouf, beautifully written. Never really got me in in the same way that Fly Away Peter did but, in the end, I was glad I read it.

A nostalgic novel in regard to setting, that for me, made the characters and plot insignificant. Malouf has such a rich command of language, and I enjoyed the book in this regard. However, at the end I found myself asking, what was this book trying to say? It's hard to criticize a master writer like Malouf, but this book left me wanting something more. The main character seemed to lack empathy - but was this the intention? And what did the narrator really think of Johnno? I felt like there was

p79: Every now and then the Madam would reach down under her plaited-cane chair, take out a mosquito spray and pump vigorously till a little cloud of droplets hung in the air. 'The mozzies are death to me,' she would explain delicately. 'If there's just one of them within a mile they'll find me out. It's the gardens being so close.' Occasionally in the long silence the animals could be heard from the garden menagerie, a sudden screeching of parrots, then the monkeys would start up, shrilling and

Between 3 and 4 stars...Beautifully written, compelling portrait of both lost youth and Australia at a certain moment in time...but somehow not a fully realized story, but maybe this is a strength? This novel feels like autobiography and real lives don't necessarily have "fully realized stories". Didn't enjoy this one as much as other Malouf I've read, but that doesn't mean it was bad, not at all.

A beautifully written novel; fell in love with it from the first page. Magical descriptions of a Brisbane and a childhood of the war and postwar years. The character of Johnno haunts the book from schooldays to Paris and Greece and back to Btisbane. Simply one of the finest novels I have read.

An entertaining and nostalgic book, coming from Brisbane I loved the detailed description and how Malouf evoked a strong sense of setting in his writing. The story was very simple and grounded, which isn't for everyone but It held me on throughout the book.