Download or read book Disturbing Element written by Xavier Herbert and published by House of Books. This book was released on 2012 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Often comic, often tragic, Disturbing Element is the story of an Australian literary legend written in his own classic style. Xavier Herbert considers himself the Disturbing Element in the family he claimed never wanted him. Born in 1901 in Western Australia, Herbert grew up amid confusing and sometimes contradictory family legends. Often comic, often tragic, Disturbing Element traces Herbert's life as he changes careers from pharmacist to railway fettler to writer. This is the story of an Australian literary legend written in his own classic style.