AustLit
The material on this page is available to AustLit subscribers. If you are a subscriber or are from a subscribing organisation, please log in to gain full access. To explore options for subscribing to this unique teaching, research, and publishing resource for Australian culture and storytelling, please contact us or find out more.
Latest Issues
AbstractHistoryArchive Description
The government is keen to defend its narrow majority and deliver on its key policies. Family values. The freedom from Government Bill. The Get Rich Quick Taxation Scheme. And Lucretia, the only female member of the government, is on a quest of her own. Telling their stories in turn, Venus and M describe a world of sex, power and ruthless manipulation. But in the claustrophobic atmosphere of Parliament House, Canberra, in the Republic of Australia, the big picture is starting to fall apart. The newspapers are full of scandal. The party is broke. And M can see his dreams slipping away. (Back cover).
Notes
-
Epigraph: The fact is that a man who wants to act virtuously in every way necessarily comes to grief among so many who are not virtuous. Therefore if a prince wants to maintain his rule he must learn how not to be virtuous, and to make use of this or not according to need. - Machiavelli
-
Nelson has indicated that some of the characteristics of M are based on Paul Keating. Camille Nelson Interviewed by Paul Best and Roger Taylor, 'Sex, Drugs and Electoral Roll', AQ, Journal of Contemporary Analysis (September-October 1998): 24-29.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
-
Australian Political Satire: Camilla Nelson's 'Perverse Acts'
2001
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Social Alternatives , May vol. 20 no. 2 2001; (p. 23-26) -
Canberra Kills
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , Winter no. 155 1999; (p. 100-101)
— Review of Perverse Acts 1998 single work novel -
Survival Story
1999
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 24 July 1999; (p. 10) -
The Best of Young Australian Novelists 1999 : Camilla Nelson
1999
single work
biography
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 8 May 1999; (p. 9) -
Sex, Drugs and Electoral Roll
Paul Best
(interviewer),
Roger Taylor
(interviewer),
1998
single work
interview
— Appears in: AQ : Journal of Contemporary Analysis , September-October vol. 70 no. 5 1998; (p. 24-29)
-
Paperbacks
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 24 January 1998; (p. 8)
— Review of Perverse Acts 1998 single work novel ; Bachelor Kisses 1998 single work novel -
The Steamy Side of Politics
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 7 February 1998; (p. 8)
— Review of Perverse Acts 1998 single work novel -
Two First Timers
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , August no. 203 1998; (p. 23)
— Review of Perverse Acts 1998 single work novel ; Shadia's Promise 1998 single work novel -
Canberra Kills
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , Winter no. 155 1999; (p. 100-101)
— Review of Perverse Acts 1998 single work novel -
Sex, Drugs and Electoral Roll
Paul Best
(interviewer),
Roger Taylor
(interviewer),
1998
single work
interview
— Appears in: AQ : Journal of Contemporary Analysis , September-October vol. 70 no. 5 1998; (p. 24-29) -
The Best of Young Australian Novelists 1999 : Camilla Nelson
1999
single work
biography
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 8 May 1999; (p. 9) -
Survival Story
1999
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 24 July 1999; (p. 10) -
Australian Political Satire: Camilla Nelson's 'Perverse Acts'
2001
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Social Alternatives , May vol. 20 no. 2 2001; (p. 23-26)
Awards
- 1999 joint winner The Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Novelist of the Year
Last amended 21 Oct 2020 14:26:10
Settings:
- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory,
- 2000-2099
Export this record