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Tom Cho
Author
Tom Cho began writing in his mid-teens. His stories have appeared in publications in Australia and overseas, and he has performed at events and festivals around Australia, including the award winning show Hello Kitty, which combined literature with power ballads. He is currently completing a doctorate at Deakin University.
Look Who’s Morphing, published by Giramondo and Tom’s first published book, was short listed for The Age Book of the Year Award (Fiction) 2009. It is a collection of funny, playful, often outlandish ficitons in which, along with his extended family, the central character undergoes a series of transformations, shape-shifting through figures drawn from film and television, music and books, porn flicks and comics. He is Godzilla, a Muppet, and Witney Housten’s bodyguard; the Fonz, a robot, a Ford Bronco 4x4 – and as a climax, a fifty-five metre tall guitar-wielding cock rock star, who performs for the people of Tokyo, and an adoring troupe of sexy fans. Within these fantasies there is a deep intellectual and emotional engagement, a fundamental questioning of the nature of identity, and the way it is constructed in a world filled with the images of popular culture.
’Tom Cho is a rare and original voice in the Australian literary landscape. His stories are eccentric, witty deceptive, and immensely pleasurable. I read this book in one sitting and wanted more.‘
~ TONY AYRES
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