'A lighthouse. A weather station, thousands of miles away. For six months. I drank steadily. With alcohol it all made sense.'It's the Bicentennial year and for Gordon - failed writer and bottleshop boy - it seems his life is going nowhere. It's time to escape. From his overcrowded house, from Brisbane, from Expo 88, from everything. He stumbles into Wayne who has connections in Darwin and the promise of work. So the two of them head north toward swamps and crocodiles, in search of inspiration, and of their rightful place in ...
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'A lighthouse. A weather station, thousands of miles away. For six months. I drank steadily. With alcohol it all made sense.'It's the Bicentennial year and for Gordon - failed writer and bottleshop boy - it seems his life is going nowhere. It's time to escape. From his overcrowded house, from Brisbane, from Expo 88, from everything. He stumbles into Wayne who has connections in Darwin and the promise of work. So the two of them head north toward swamps and crocodiles, in search of inspiration, and of their rightful place in the culture of Australia.1988, McGahan's second novel, is a prequel to his best-selling debut, Praise.'A fiendish and eventful psychological novel. hugely satisfying.' - New York Times Book Review'The pre-eminent Australian road novel.' - The Australian
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Very good. First Edition. Lightly read if read at all. No markings in book. Tear at top edge of page 311 due to shelving issue. It got turned under at the tear but I've turned it back in place. Binding is fine. From the back cover: A sort of inside-out Aussie odyssey that features two luckless but likable guys trapped on a colonized, bleak peninsula. 314pp.
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