Superficially my war was a comfortable exercise in futility… - Patrick White

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Superficially my war was a comfortable exercise in futility carried out in a grand Scottish hotel amongst the bridge players and swillers of easy-come-by whisky. My chest got me out of active service and into guilt, as I wrote two, or is it three of the novels for which I am now acclaimed.

Patrick White

Three Uneasy Pieces · 1988 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance

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About Patrick White

Patrick Victor Martindale White (28 May 1912 – 30 September 1990) was an Australian novelist and winner of the 1973 Nobel Prize for Literature.

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Birth Name: Patrick Victor Martindale White

Alternative Names: Alex Xenophon Demirjian Gray

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