Double-Wolf

Double-Wolf is a 1991 novel by Australian novelist Brian Castro.

Double-Wolf

First edition
Author	Brian Castro
Language	English
Publisher	Allen & Unwin
Publication date	1991
Publication place	Australia
Media type	Print (Paperback)
Pages	226
ISBN	0044423470
Preceded by	Pomeroy
Followed by	After China

Plot summary

The novel is a fictionalised account of the life of Wolf-Man, Sigmund Freud's most famous patient, counter-pointed with an account of Artie Catacomb, a con-man and psychoanalyst living in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales.

Reviews

• The Canberra Times^[1] - Reviewer Peter Fuller considered the novel to be the best imaginative writing of the year^[2]

Awards and nominations

• 1991 winner The Age Book of the Year Award — Imaginative Writing Prize
• 1992 winner Victorian Premier's Literary Awards — The Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction^[3]
• 1992 winner Diabetes Australia Prize for Innovative Writing and the Sheaffer Pen Prize
• 1992 shortlisted Miles Franklin Award^[4]