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ISBN: 9780143571759
Format: B-format paperback
Year: 2014
Publisher: Penguin Australia Pty Ltd
Pages: 208
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Winner of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize
The year is 1977, and Adrian is nine. He lives with his gran and his uncle Rory; his best friend is Clinton Tull. He loves to draw and he wants a dog; he's afraid of quicksand and self-combustion. Adrian watches his suburban world, but there is much he cannot understand. He does not for instance, know why three neighbourhood children might set out to buy ice-cream and never come back home . . .
'Far away the best new Australian piece of fiction I have read, rivalling the achievements of Thursday's child.' Peter Craven, The Age
'The writing is spare, the images crystalline . . .remarkable.' The Guardian (UK)
'Hartnett's work is a gem, the climax as taut as a triller and . . . heart wrenching.' Weekend Australian
'Effortlessly moving form matter-of-fact to mystical, at times exquisitely painful to read, Of a Boy is an almost suffocatingly powerful evocation of the emotional life of the very young . . . for anyone who recalls being a child. And everyone who doesn't.' Sydney Morning Herald
'Sonya Hartnett's Hauntingly beautiful part-family drama, part-mystery, captures the vulnerability of childhood and has a high-voltage ending you'll find hard to forget.' Australian Women's Weekly
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ISBN: 9780143571759
Format: B-format paperback
Year: 2014
Publisher: Penguin Australia Pty Ltd
Pages: 208
Description:
Winner of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize
The year is 1977, and Adrian is nine. He lives with his gran and his uncle Rory; his best friend is Clinton Tull. He loves to draw and he wants a dog; he's afraid of quicksand and self-combustion. Adrian watches his suburban world, but there is much he cannot understand. He does not for instance, know why three neighbourhood children might set out to buy ice-cream and never come back home . . .
'Far away the best new Australian piece of fiction I have read, rivalling the achievements of Thursday's child.' Peter Craven, The Age
'The writing is spare, the images crystalline . . .remarkable.' The Guardian (UK)
'Hartnett's work is a gem, the climax as taut as a triller and . . . heart wrenching.' Weekend Australian
'Effortlessly moving form matter-of-fact to mystical, at times exquisitely painful to read, Of a Boy is an almost suffocatingly powerful evocation of the emotional life of the very young . . . for anyone who recalls being a child. And everyone who doesn't.' Sydney Morning Herald
'Sonya Hartnett's Hauntingly beautiful part-family drama, part-mystery, captures the vulnerability of childhood and has a high-voltage ending you'll find hard to forget.' Australian Women's Weekly
This product has FREE shipping however combined shipping for other products is not available with this item. Please allow up to 10 days for shipping.
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