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A sequence of sonnets recounts the story of two young men who steal their friend's body from a city undertaker so that he can be buried at his home in rural Australia
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In Australian poet Murray's rough-and-tumble verse novel, two unemployed youths steal the mortal remains of an old soldier friend from a funeral parlor at midnight and bury him in his rural homeland, where he had asked to be lain to rest. This impetuous act sets off a series of personal clashes, including a confrontation between one of the duo and his father's lover, and the murder of his fellow bodysnatcher by a policeman. In the closing scene, aboriginal healers offer the surviving youth spiritual guidance as he soars aloft, surveys the continent's bloody history and binds his soul's wounds. Murray's mostly unrhymed 140-sonnet sequence combines the craggy beauty of Thomas Hardy with the ironic ambivalence of Philip Larkin. American readers will savor the exotic Aussie twang and the continually surprising language even without grasping all of the cultural allusions.
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- PublisherAngus & Robertson Publishers
- Publication date1980
- ISBN 10 0207141053
- ISBN 13 9780207141058
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages71
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The Boys Who Stole The Funeral : A Novel Sequence
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Angus & Robertson Publishers, Australia, 1980
ISBN 10: 0207141053
ISBN 13: 9780207141058
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Seller: The Bookshop at Beech Cottage, Newbury, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Alan White (illustrator). 1st Edition. 71pp. A novel sequence of 140 sonnets, unique in Australian literature at the time of publication. Brown cloth covered boards with white lettering on spine. Tiny crease to tip of top and tail of spine and also to top board corners. Slight toning to top page edge. Brown end papers. No inscriptions. Unclipped white dust jacket with brown lettering and illustration by Alan White. Shelf wear to top edge of dust jacket and small vertical tear to top edge of front panel (repaired). All now protected within an archival wrapper. This book is scarce in UK. Seller Inventory # 013888
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The boys who stole the funeral: A novel sequence
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Angus & Robertson Publishers, London, 1980
ISBN 10: 0207141053
ISBN 13: 9780207141058
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. A very good copy of the presumed first hard cover edition (no explicit edition or printing statement) in a like (not clipped) dust-jacket. Three-line gift inscription in ink to front endpaper, else the text is wholly unmarked, pristine. Damp-staining to the verso of the jacket, rear panel, with a faint trace of this to the adjacent rear board. Some chipping/losses to the base of the jacket spine. A sharp copy all in all. Seller Inventory # 020741
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