The Drover's Wives

Henry Lawson’s short story The Drover’s Wife is an Australian classic that has sparked interpretations on the page, on canvas and on the stage. But it has never been so thoroughly, or hilariously, reimagined as by Ryan O’Neill, remixing and revising Lawson’s masterpiece in 99 different ways.

The variations include a Year Eight essay, a pop song, a sporting commentary, an insurance claim, a Hollywood movie adaptation and even a cryptic crossword.

Inventive and unexpected, this is laugh-out-loud literature from one of Australia’s finest satirists.