Eucalyptus Goth

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Author	Brian Craddock
Illustrator
Publisher	Oscillate Wildly Press
Publication date	October, 2017
Media type	Paperback
Pages	693 pp
ISBN	9780648112808 Search this book on .

Eucalyptus Goth is the first novel by Australian writer Brian Craddock, published in 2017 by Oscillate Wildly Press. Written from the perspective of a multi first-person narration in the style of psychological realism, the novel follows the lives of a group of friends in Brisbane's inner-suburbs during 1996, with an emphasis on how mental illness impacts their lives. The title refers to the fact that most of the characters identify as belonging to the Goth subculture, although the Punk, Metal and Skinhead scenes are also represented. Parts of the novel are inspired by Craddock's own experiences within the Goth subculture and with homelessness.
Much of the novel takes place in a three-story stucco building nicknamed The Prozac Palace, located on Bowen Street in the Brisbane inner-city suburb of Spring Hill.

Plot Summary

The novel is in three parts, and doesn't follow any traditional plot structure. Instead, it is the strength of the characters and their interaction that drives the novel, and most of the chapters conclude themselves in a series of mini-plots rather than an overarching plot to the entire novel.

The novel encompasses broad critiques of Australian politics of the era, especially of the Howard Government, and takes an irreverent and introspective look at the identity of Australian subcultures prior to the digital age.

Characters

• Dante Halloran: a swampie boy who is sometimes homeless and likes to shoplift
  
• Travis "Twix" Haynes: a goth boy who works as a security guard and lives with Raven at The Prozac Palace
  
• Alexandra: originally from Melbourne, Alex tries to trade the Goth scene for the fetish scene
  
• Prudence "Pixie" Lang: a petulant goth schoolgirl who becomes addicted to heroin
  
• Abigail: a goth girl addicted to opiates, and who sometimes has sexual relations with Twix
  
• Amai-Li Nyan: a struggling makeup artist, and Twix's girlfriend
  
• Raven: despite her young age, Raven is a mainstay at The Prozac Palace
  
• Matthew "Malik" Tadlow: an industrial boy with lofty aspirations of leaving The Prozac Palace
  
• Nelly Beeston: once self-confessed terror of West End, now a heroin addict
  
• Roz: a prostitute and heroin addict who lives with Nelly Beeston at The Prozac Palace
  
• Nicola: a punk girl that Dante falls in love with
  
• Dale "Donger" Green: a punk who refuses to grow up
  
• Bernie: Dante's schizophrenic flatmate at The Prozac Palace
  

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