Scoundrel days : a memoir / Brentley Frazer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Frazer, Brentley, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Frazer, Brentley, 1972---Childhood and youth.

Frazer, Brentley.

Frazer, Brentley, 1972-.

Poets--Biography.

Poets.

Queensland--Biography.

Queensland.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (303 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Queensland, Australia : UQP, 2017.

Summary:

Tom Sawyer on acid, a 21st-century On the Road, a Holden Caulfield for punks ... an extraordinary memoir of a wild adolescence, told in a compelling, poetic voice. In Scoundrel Days Brentley Frazer tells the story of his youth - wild, disillusioned, impassioned and desolate. Born into a Christian cult in outback Queensland, Frazer escapes through literature and poetry, drugs and violence, sex and alcohol; and his ensuing rejection of religion, authority and the 'way things are' leads to adventures, desperation and, just possibly, redemption. Beautifully written and urgently told, Scoundrel Days is a visceral, compelling assault on the senses. An at times brutal story articulated with a poet's sensibility, it portrays a walker of edges exploring the dark side while searching for the love essential to build a soul.

Contents:

Cover

Praise for Scoundrel Days

Author biography

Title page

Imprint page

Dedication

Contents

Part One: The Wreckers

1

2

3

4

5

Part Two: Deadly Nureyev

6

7

8

9

10

Part Three: Aftermath

Part Four: North of Vortex

Part Five: Lethe

Part Six: Untitled Plane Crash

Part Seven: Collapse

Author's Note

Acknowledgements.

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (Ebrary, viewed January 25, 2017).

ISBN:

0-7022-5892-X