On seeing the above start of a heading in The Australian Literary Review of September 1 , we wondered if this humble blog was being berated as we understand a few readers would like to give us the Italian slipper treatment on a dark night , tugboat foghorns mournfully sounding on the waterfront. It turned out to be an interesting feature in which Geordie Williamson suggested ways of improving Australian literary criticism , regarded as very poor . Surprise-right at the end of the article was yet another glowing tribute to Darwin's own scribe , author and reviewer, Nicolas Rothwell . It spoke of "Rothwell's thrilling and provocative" 2007 Colin Roderick Lecture.
Coming after the high praise of Rothwell by the ABC's Late Night Live presenter , Phillip Adams, this North Australia representative of The Australian is fast becoming a national treasure and, to really annoy him, a celebrity. If the accolades continue, it will not be safe for him to venture out for a latte at the Ducks Nuts without some pesky cameraman trying to snap him engaged in creative slurping . He'll probably have to quit his leafy mansion in the sky and seek solitude in the Humpty Doo wilderness .
