Sydney: Picador, 2001. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Comes with archival-quality mylar dust jacket protector. A tight, clean copy. Blue endpapers, inscribed by the author to a prior owner on the title page. Octavo, 346 pages. CORFU is a novel inspired by the life of the little-known Australian writer Kester Berwick, following an Australian actor living alone in a cottage on a Greek island as he reconstructs the mysterious life of the absent man who owns it. Dessaix (b. 1944) is an Australian novelist, essayist, and broadcaster, best known for his acclaimed debut NIGHT LETTERS (1996) and memoir A MOTHER'S DISGRACE (1994). CORFU is his second novel.

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Title: Corfu (Inscribed First Edition)
Publisher: Picador, Sydney
Publication Date: 2001
Language: English
ISBN 10: 033036278X
ISBN 13: 9780330362788
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
Condition: Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)

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In a village on the island of Corfu, alone in the cottage of a man he's never met, a young Australian actor pieces together the strange life story of the writer whose house he's living in. As he explores his surroundings and makes new friends in Corfu, his own life begins to appear to him like an illuminating shadow-play of his absent hosts.

Set in the physical landscapes of the Greek islands, Adelaide and the suburbs of London, Robert Dessaix's second novel is about friendship, love, the ordinary and extraordinary. Yet at its core is a perfectly placed meditation on literary landscapes—Homer, Sappho, Cavafy and Chekhov—and the part art can play in making our lives beautiful.

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Robert Dessaix is one of Australia's most respected writers and broadcasters. His previous books include A MOTHER'S DISGRACE, NIGHT LETTERS and CORFU. He lives in Melbourne.

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