The Mansions of Bedlam: Stories and Essays

Gerard Windsor is a keen provocateur of Australian letters and has at last been recognised as a talented and original writer. He is the author of six books ranging from autobiographical memoir to short story. Spanning twenty-five years of his writing career, this towering collection brings together a fabulous cross-section of Windsor's stories, essays and reviews.Eloquent, ironic, arresting, this stylish collection captures all of Windsor's preoccupations: writing in Australia, the family, the Church, Ireland, and Memorably, the women who are his muses.