Double-Wolf

Double-Wolf

First edition
Author	Brian Castro
Language	English
Publisher	Allen & Unwin
Publication date	1991
Publication place	Australia
Media type	Print (Paperback)
Pages	226
ISBN	0044423470
Preceded by	Pomeroy
Followed by	After China

Double-Wolf is a 1991 novel by Australian novelist Brian Castro.

Plot summary

The novel is a fictionalised account of the life of Wolf-Man, Sigmund Freud's most famous patient, counter-pointed with an account of Artie Catacomb, a con-man and psychoanalyst living in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales.

Reviews

• The Canberra Times[1] - Reviewer Peter Fuller considered the novel to be the best imaginative writing of the year[2]

Awards and nominations

• 1991 winner The Age Book of the Year Award — Imaginative Writing Prize
• 1992 winner Victorian Premier's Literary Awards — The Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction
• 1992 winner Diabetes Australia Prize for Innovative Writing and the Sheaffer Pen Prize
• 1992 shortlisted Miles Franklin Award

References

1. Fuller, Peter (13 July 1991). "Wolves howling at the doors of perception". The Canberra Times.
2. "Sifting through the wheat and chaff of this literary year". The Canberra Times. 28 December 1991.