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Sean Condon (Writer)
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Agent:
Anthony Jones
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Sean Condon was born in Perth, Australia. He has been a weekly columnist for The Age and The Herald Sun Sunday Magazine, and has contributed to most of Australia's leading papers and magazines. Sean is a screenwriter and author of two non-fiction books published by Lonely Planet. His first novel, FILM, was published in 2003. |
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| 2003 |
FILM In Sean Condon's first novel we meet Henry Powdermaker, eight years old and attached to his Super 8 camera until he inadvertently films a scene which causes his family to self-destruct. We then cut to years later when, failing to get into film school five times, Henry finds himself living a life where the line between film and reality is blurred. |
Fourth Estate |
| 2003 |
MY 'DAM LIFE The story of an ex-pat trying to make it in what turns out to be a very alien culture. The lead characters in the book are not Condon and his wife, Sally, but Amsterdam and Sean Condon's strange imagination. When most of us think of Amsterdam, we think of white bicycles and canals and cafes where you can get stoned on legal hash and Anne Frank. Condon's Amsterdam is rather different. It's a place of a language that is impossible to learn, a government that is impossible to deal with (especially for those holding jobs not permitted to visitors) and of housing that is impossible to find. |
Lonely Planet |
| 1998 |
DRIVE THRU AMERICA New York to San Francisco, Sean investigates the legendary people, places and TV programs that sustained him through his difficult pre-pubescent years. Behaving unwisely, risking several ironic remarks, he provides a shrewd and very funny take on life in the United States. The road book that makes you glad you stayed at home. |
Lonely Planet |
| 1996 |
SEAN AND DAVID'S LONG DRIVE Sean Condon is a 29-year-old city boy and a connoisseur of hair wax. He can't drive, and he doesn't really travel well. Sean and his friend David set out to explore Australia in a 1966 Ford Falcon, and the result is a decidedly off-beat look at life on the road. Over 14,000 death-defying kilometres, our heroes check out the re-runs on TV, get fabulously drunk (again), listen to Neil Young (again) and wonder why they ever left home. |
Lonely Planet |
| * "A hilariously detailed log of two burned out friends"
Rolling Stone * "A definitive Generation X road epic... a wonderful read" Globe & Mail | ||