The Visit (Paperback)

Paperback. 'Her writing is so simple and tough and direct.' Helen GarnerIn The Visit-Amy Witting's debut novel, first published when she was almost sixty-a group of Bangoree residents gather to read plays by Beckett and Brecht. But their literary pursuits, and their lives, take an unexpected turn after it is revealed that the late Roderick Fitzallan set some of his celebrated love poems in their small country town. Who is the local mystery woman who inspired Fitzallan's verse all those years ago? The Visit is a sensitive and keenly observed portrait of a rural Australian town called Bangoree in the 1970s, centring on the social life of a group of 'local intellectuals'. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.