Cosmo Cosmolino

{{Short description|Novel by Helen Garner}}

{{About|the book|the band|Cosmo Cosmolino (band)}}

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| name = Cosmo Cosmolino

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| caption = First edition

| author = Helen Garner

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| country = Australia

| language = English

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| publisher = McPhee Gribble

| release_date = 1992

| media_type = Print

| pages = 221

| isbn = 0747513449

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| preceded_by = Postcards from Surfers {{noitalic|(1985)}}

| followed_by = The First Stone {{noitalic|(1994)}}

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Cosmo Cosmolino is a 1992 book by Australian writer Helen Garner.{{cite web

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| publisher = National Library of Australia

| accessdate = 22 December 2014}} The book consists of three linked works: two short stories and a novella, though the author and critics have described it as a novel.{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/rewind-to-ms-garners-angels-20120419-1x87r.html|title=Rewind to Ms Garner's angels: Spiritual belief and Melbourne trams provide rich motifs in the author's 1992 novel|last=Ramona Koval|author-link=Ramona Koval|date=21 April 2012|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|publisher=Fairfax Media|accessdate=27 September 2013}}

It was first published in Australia by McPhee Gribble{{cite book|last=Arnold|first=John|title=The Bibliography of Australian Literature|editor=John Arnold |editor2=John A. Hay |editor3=Sally Batten|publisher=University of Queensland Press|date=1 February 2005|volume=2|isbn=978-0-7022-3500-9|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yBpVHywjoVUC&q=%22Cosmo+Cosmolino%22+%22McPhee+Gribble%22&pg=PA130|accessdate=22 January 2012}} and was shortlisted for the 1993 Miles Franklin Award.{{cite web|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/people/569712?c=people|title=Garner, Helen (1942–)|publisher=National Library of Australia|accessdate=22 January 2012}} It has been reported that the novel's title is Garner's favourite, and came to her in a dream.{{cite news|url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/01/10/1073437508345.html|title=Title fight|first=Caroline|last=Baum|author-link=Caroline Baum|date=10 January 2004|work=The Age|publisher=Fairfax Media|accessdate=22 January 2012}}