Excitable Boy by Dominic Gordon review – punchy tales of masculinity, sex and violence
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These stylish autobiographical essays take the reader into backstreets rarely traversed in Australian literature – sex clubs, street fights and emergency roomsGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailMany young men die or go to jail in Dominic Gordon’s debut essay collection. They do stupid things when they’re wasted, get caught tagging trains or shoplifting. “We loved trains and we loved stealing,” he writes. They graduate from petty crime to more serious offences, from recreational drug use...

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