Hipster bikes and the talking cure: Philip Salom's loveable losers provide a glimpse of an islanded generation
- Written by Tony Hughes-d'Aeth, Professor, The University of Western Australia
Alessandra Caretto/UnsplashPhilip Salom, now 72, has built a strong reputation as a poet and novelist. Sweeney and the Bicycles is his sixth novel, and his third in four years.
Salom was born in the same year as Alexis Wright. He is slightly younger than Peter Carey and Amanda Lohrey, and slightly older than Gail Jones, Kim Scott, Michelle de...





