Wayne Marshall

The price of genius is one hell of a hangover. When Henry Lawson—New South Wales' most promising young writer and a budding alcoholic—is banished from Sydney to "find the real bush," he hopes for fresh material and a new start. Instead, he stumbles into a mind-bending collision of myth, politics, and madness on the edge of the Darling River. Henry...

A lonely yowie emerges from the bush to attend the Desperate and Dateless Ball. Mysterious creatures descend from the sky to place a ban on footy. A shark named Bruce turns up in the local swimming pool. A fisherman enjoying a boys' weekend on the Murray River finds perspective where he least expects it. In Shirl, Wayne Marshall takes a...