Venero Armanno

A painful experience with a frozen shoulder gave author Venero Armanno the idea for his new novel.

Venero Armanno
Image: Venero Armanno (ABC Local)

Broadcast date: Tuesday 4 September 2012

As Venero Armanno began to recover from his injury, he decided to get fit and took up boxing.

He also looked into the supplements people were taking at the gym to build muscle, which sparked his interest in human growth hormone (HGH).

Venero was led to the science of eugenics, which he linked to the sulphur mines in Sicily.

He began his novel there just after WW1, at a time when child slaves were employed to work in the sulphur mines, and often died before they reached their 12th birthday.

When he's not writing Veny lectures at the University of Queensland where he received the 'Excellence in Teaching' award in 2004.

Black Mountain published by UQP.




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