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Published by Random House (Au), Australia, 2007
ISBN 10: 1740510321ISBN 13: 9781740510325
Seller: Mad Hatter Bookstore, Westbank, BC, Canada
Book First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. An unmarked copy-" THE TROUT OPERA is a stunning epic novel that encompasses twentieth-century Australia. Opening with a Christmas pageant on the banks of the Snowy River in 1906 and ending with the opening ceremony of the Sydney Olympics in 2000, it is the story of simple rabbiter and farmhand Wilfred Lampe who, at the end of his long life, is unwittingly swept up into an international spectacle. On the way he discovers a great-niece, the wild and troubled young Aurora, whom he never knew existed, and together they take an unlikely road trip that changes their lives. Wilfred, who has only ever left Dalgety once in almost a hundred years, comes face to face with contemporary Australia, and Aurora, enmeshed in the complex social problems of a modern nation, is taught how to repair her damaged life. This dazzling story - marvelously broad in its telling and superbly crafted - is about the changing nature of the Australian character, finding the source of human decency in a mad world, history, war, romance, murder, bushfires, drugs, the fragile and resilient nature of the environment and the art of fly fishing. It's the story of a man who has experienced the tumultuous reverberations of Australian history while never moving from his birthplace on the Snowy, and it asks, what constitutes a meaningful life?"-Minor reading wear with a small crease on the back cover.
Published by Random House (Au), Australia, 2003
ISBN 10: 174051291XISBN 13: 9781740512916
Seller: Books@Ruawai, Kaipara District, New Zealand
Book
Soft cover. Condition: Good - Pages Browned. Pages browned and a few age spots.
Published by Random House (Au), NSW Australia, 2006
ISBN 10: 174166571XISBN 13: 9781741665710
Seller: Rotary Club of Albert Park, Albert Park, VIC, Australia
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 176 pages. Sq4to.Near fine copy. Minimal shelf rubbing to dust jacket. Illustrated with black and while photos.A tribute in words and pictures to the legendary Betty Cuthbert.