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Leverson, the narrator at the centre of these stories, calls himself a "people freak." Seduced by north Queensland's sultry beauty and unique strangeness, he is as fascinated by the invading hordes of misfits from the south as by the old established Queenslanders. Leverson's ironical yet compassionate view makes every story, every incident, a pointed example of human weakness—or strength.
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About the Author:
Miles Franklin Award-winning author Thea Astley (1925–2004) was one of Australia's most respected and acclaimed novelists. She won the Miles Franklin Award four times and in 1989 she was awarded the Patrick White Award. Her titles include Hunting the Wild Pineapple and It's Raining in Mango – both are published in audio by Bolinda.
From Library Journal:
Leverson, a middle-aged "monopod" failure, is the introspective narrator and moral pivot of these modern tales of the Australian rain forest. As he limns the "human geography" of Queensland, its residents, dropouts, drifters, and adventurers seeking Eden or oblivion, he leaves no pretense, folly, or illusion unbared. In "A Northern Belle," the story of Willy Fourcorners reveals what it meant to be black "in those parts." The tale of the couple in "Ladies Need Only Apply" is a tropical paradigm of sexism and subjection. In the title story guests of an alcoholic couple go on a mock quest and end up confronting the essential shallowness in others and themselves. Leverson is a caustic romantic who both perceives the beauty and exploitation of the landscape and still hears "the dying music of this sad poetry." An illuminating collection by the award-winning author of Reaching Tin River ( LJ 4/1/90).
- Mary Soete, San Diego P.L., Cal.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.
- Mary Soete, San Diego P.L., Cal.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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- PublisherBolinda Audio
- Publication date2013
- ISBN 10 174315710X
- ISBN 13 9781743157107
- BindingAudio CD
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