$22.95 (Paperback book / Harper Collins / ISBN:9780732270575)
The Art Of The Engine Driver
The Art of the Engine Driver is the story of one evening in the lives of the residents of a new outer Melbourne suburb. As a mighty steam train leaves Spencer Street Station on its haul to Sydney, a family of three – Vic, Rita and their son Michael are walking down their street to an engagement party. George Bedser, a shipbuilder from Liverpool, is celebrating the engagement of his daughter, Patsy. He has no family here and has invited the whole street to the party. Vic is an engine driver, looking to be like his hero Paddy Ryan and become the master of the smooth ride. As the neighbours walk to the party using a mixture of description and internal monologue – we hear their stories and are drawn into the lives of a bully, a drunk, a restless young girl and a happy family man. On this hot summer's night the old and the new, diesel and steam, town and country all collide and nobody is left unaffected. This is a distinctly Australian novel in the spirit of Tim Winton and Robert Drewe, a luminous and evocative tale of ordinary suburban lives with an extraordinary power and depth.
Steven Carroll
The Time We Have Taken
$27.99 (Trade paperback / Harper Collins )
Winner of the 2008 Miles Franklin Literary Award.
That exotic tribe was us. And the time we have taken, our moment.'
One summer morning in 1970, Peter van Rijn, proprietor of the television and wireless shop, pronounces ... More »
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The Gift Of Speed
$27.95 (Paperback book / Flamingo )
Set during the glorious summer of 1960/61,The Gift of Speed chronicles the lives, fates and fortunes of a memorable group of characters in a fictitious outer-Melbourne suburb in the post-World War II era. The roads and f... More »
The Art Of The Engine Driver
$22.95 (Paperback book / Harper Collins )
The Art of the Engine Driver is the story of one evening in the lives of the residents of a new outer Melbourne suburb. As a mighty steam train leaves Spencer Street Station on its haul to Sydney, a family of three – Vic... More »
The Lovers' Room
$29.95 (Paperback book / Harlequin )
"The lovers' room would always be theirs, and they would take it with them wherever they went." As the Allied forces occupy Japan at the end of World War II, an intense love affair develops between shy Australian Allen "... More »
The Time We Have Taken
$24.99 (Paperback book / Harper Collins )
Winner of the 2008 Miles Franklin Literary Award.
That exotic tribe was us. And the time we have taken‚ our moment.
One summer morning in 1970‚ Peter van Rijn‚ proprietor of the television and wireless shop‚ pronounces... More »
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