What the critics said:
[as quoted on the back cover of the 1988 edition]
'... her playful expositions display a delightful command of irony
and its modes.' – Philippa Hawker, Australian Book Review
'This is a clever work of the imagination, underpinned with
considerable learning in literature and philosophy ...' – Don
Barrett, Arts National
'The index alone of this book makes fascinating reading.' –
Australian Library News
'... I begin to feel that I'm having my leg pulled, that the
enigmatic Yvonne, not content with sending up your columnist, was
lampooning the whole field of scholarship.' – Phillip Adams,
The Age |