Double-Wolf

Double-Wolf
	First edition
Author	Brian Castro
Language	English
Publisher	Allen & Unwin
Publication date	1991
Publication place	Australia
Media type	Print (Paperback)
Pages	226
ISBN	0044423470
Preceded by	Pomeroy
Followed by	After China

Last updated March 25, 2025

Double-Wolf is a 1991 novel by Australian novelist Brian Castro.

Plot summary

The novel is a fictionalised account of the life of Wolf-Man, Sigmund Freud's most famous patient, counter-pointed with an account of Artie Catacomb, a con-man and psychoanalyst living in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales.

Reviews

The Canberra Times^[1] - Reviewer Peter Fuller considered the novel to be the best imaginative writing of the year^[2]

Awards and nominations

1991 winner The Age Book of the Year Award — Imaginative Writing Prize
1992 winner Victorian Premier's Literary Awards — The Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction^[3]
1992 winner Diabetes Australia Prize for Innovative Writing and the Sheaffer Pen Prize
1992 shortlisted Miles Franklin Award ^[4]

References

↑ Fuller, Peter (13 July 1991). "Wolves howling at the doors of perception". The Canberra Times.
↑ "Sifting through the wheat and chaff of this literary year". The Canberra Times. 28 December 1991.
↑ "Castro wins two writers' awards". The Sunday Age, 13 September 1992, p4. ProQuest 2521681420 . Retrieved 27 April 2024.
↑ ""Five vie for literary award"". The Canberra Times, 12 May 1992, p4. Retrieved 9 February 2024.

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[1] Fuller, Peter (13 July 1991). "Wolves howling at the doors of perception". The Canberra Times.

[2] "Sifting through the wheat and chaff of this literary year". The Canberra Times. 28 December 1991.

[3] "Castro wins two writers' awards". The Sunday Age, 13 September 1992, p4. ProQuest 2521681420 . Retrieved 27 April 2024.

[4] ""Five vie for literary award"". The Canberra Times, 12 May 1992, p4. Retrieved 9 February 2024.

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Double-Wolf

Contents

Plot summary

Reviews

Awards and nominations

References