Robert Dixon is professor of Australian literature at the University of Sydney. He is a general editor in Sydney University Press' Sydney Studies in Australian Literature series.

'Among the things we learn from the dozen scholarly essays that make up this monograph, remarkably the first extended study of Flanagan's writing, is that the Tasmanian's career has been built by reversing that current of indifference and oversight [of mainland Australians deleting Tasmania from the map].' -- Geordie Williamson -- Weekend Australian

'Apart from reviews, there were a few articles scattered in academic journals but no easily accessible, book-length study. So this new collection of essays on his work, edited by Robert Dixon, is a welcome addition to the ongoing discussion of our latest literary superstar.' -- Susan Lever -- Australian Book Review

'This thoughtful and erudite collection is a worthy addition to a growing body of work on a writer whose prose is profoundly humane and who has much yet to show us.' -- Joanne Curry -- mETAphor