Melbourne writer of comic novels, childrens books and short stories with a lifelong love of Manhattan and jazz
Who other than Morris Lurie would use a blown-up reproduction of one of his own stories to decorate his study? That, and a New Yorker map showing Manhattan as the centre of the universe.
Lurie, a wry and sometimes caustic artist and author of comic novels, childrens books, plays and essays, has died in his hometown of Melbourne at 75.
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