Forty-Seventeen

Discover the riveting narrative of a man navigating mid-life in the thought-provoking novel, *Forty-Seventeen.* This compelling story follows Sean, a hard-drinking Australian writer turned diplomat, who grapples with his past and future as he faces the realities of turning 40. Set against the backdrop of the Australian wilderness and the sophisticated locales of Vienna and Geneva, this B-format paperback delves into themes of love, loss, and self-discovery. With a total of 288 pages, this book offers a fragmented yet captivating portrait of Sean's relationships with significant women in his life, from his ex-wife Robyn fighting cancer to the daring Edith Campbell Berry he meets abroad. Written by the acclaimed author Moorhouse, the novel captures his signature style—candid, insightful, and laced with morbid humor. With its ISBN 9781740511452, *Forty-Seventeen* is your next must-read that resonates with anyone facing the complexities of adulthood and introspection. Immerse yourself in this dynamic exploration of human emotion and connection.

Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781740511452
Format: B-format paperback
Year: 2007
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE AUSTRALIA
Pages: 288


Description:
What could he tell her now, now that he was forty and she was no longer 17?

He is a failed writer turned diplomat, an anarchist learning the value of discipline. He moves in a world which takes him from the Australian wilderness to the conference rooms of Vienna and Geneva; from the whore-house to warzone he feels the pull of the genetic spiral of his ancestry. At the sharp axis of his mid-life he scans the memorabilia of his feelings in the hope of giving answers.

In his first full-length novel Moorhouse presents a roving, dissatisfied man entering middle age in a house-of-mirrors portrait- fragmentary and multifaceted. Sean, a hard-drinking, hard-living Australian, has just turned 40; the other half of the title refers to a precocious schoolgirl who is one of his many liaisons. The most important of the other women who drift into and out of his life include his ex-wife Robyn, now unflinching in the face of cancer; Belle, Sean's fellow sexual adventurer; and Edith Campbell Berry, an aging iconoclast whom Sean encounters in Vienna and Israel.

Forty-Seventeen is told with characteristic Moorhouse style - candid, wryly insightful and morbidly comic - and, in this resonant and acclaimed book achieves a new virtuosity.


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