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Property woes and punk sensibilities define Paradise Estate, Max Easton's witty new novel

By Suzie Gibson, Senior Lecturer in English Literature, Charles Sturt University
Max Easton’s novel Paradise Estate offers a variation on the share-house drama epitomised by Monkey Grip (1977), Helen Garner’s chronicle of communal living in Melbourne.

In contrast to the post-hippie lifestyle depicted in Garner’s novel, however, Paradise Estate engages with the difficulties of contemporary rental accommodation: skyrocketing prices, an overabundance of tenants and a dearth of potential abodes.


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