Frank Moorhouse, as a literary contributor, is built to last. For the past 40 years he has garnered an admiring readership in Australia and elsewhere with his collections of wickedly perceptive short stories and hilarious newspaper columns.

As well as the perceptive and beautifully considered essays by two prominent academics, this tribute to Frank Moorhouse by the Friends of the National Library includes excerpts from his work and an oral history interview recorded some years ago.

A small but delicious literary treasure.