He expects his sons to pass the whole thing onto a library and says it holds no dark confessions to shock a future biographer.
He has written 50,000 words on "people who might have loved me", a history of his bowel movements since the constipated, white-bread '40s, a file of "miracles", and a "shame" file that documents his gaucheries. However, the most intriguing parts of his colour-coded collection are kept for his own satisfaction. Perhaps there's a closet show-off inside Murnane. Gerald Murnanes books include Tamarisk Row, The Plains, Inland, Barley Patch, A History of Books, A Million Windows, Something for the Pain and Border. Once I realised the thing could have monetary value I added even more - even an application letter for reserve seats at the Caulfield Cup." Tamarisk Row, The Plains, Border Districts by Gerald Murnane Reviewed by Rob Doyle Publisher: And Other Stories Published: Feb 2019 Price: 12 Writers fall along a spectrum measuring the degree to which they consciously seek out experience to feed their work. "But it grew to the point where it's become almost an obsession that my life has to be recorded, a time-consuming thing. For each book he has manuscripts, proofs, reviews and correspondence. What you see is extremely neatly organised mess." There are stories and poems written as a child, and a journal begun at 18 about girls and dreams of being a writer. Also, "I am a person who needs to be in control of things.
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