Vincent O'Sullivan: Frankenstein’s creature in Fiordland

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"How we cope with life is finding an appropriate way to talk about it." Lovely chat with Vincent O'Sullivan about his new and very beautiful story collection, wherein he breathes fresh life into Frankenstein’s creature...

What if Dr Frankenstein’s monster had been cast away in a fjord in Aotearoa’s deep south? This is the proposition explored by Vincent O’Sullivan in Mary’s Boy, Jean Jacques, and other stories out next month. O’Sullivan takes inspiration from Mary Shelley's 1818 novel Frankenstein.

Based in Dunedin, O’Sullivan is a true ‘man of letters’. He has won the New Zealand Book Awards across the categories of fiction, poetry, and non-fiction, last in 2021 for his biography of Ralph Hotere.

Last year Victoria University Press published his poetry book Things OK With You? and his play Small Acts of Malice premiered in Dunedin. 

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