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Title: Over Forty in Broken Hill: Unusual Encounters in the Australian Outback
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart/University of Queensland Press, Toronto, Ont
Publication Date: 1992
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0771041926
ISBN 13: 9780771041921
Binding: Soft cover
Edition: Canadian First.
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket as Issued
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Book Type: Book

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Synopsis

Canadian writer Jack Hodgins is invited by Australian novelist Roger McDonald to come on a tour of outback sheep-shearing stations, as Roger collects research for his next book. Taking notes and jotting down fictional passages in his journal, Jack eventually realizes he has the outline of his own book, and this is it. Non-fiction; travel.

About the Author

Jack Hodgins was born and raised on Vancouver Island. He taught Creative Writing at a number of Canadian universities, and retired from the University of Victoria in 2002.

He is the author of seven novels, including The Invention of the World; The Resurrection of Joseph Bourne, winner of the Governor General’s Award; The Macken Charm; Broken Ground, winner of the Ethel Wilson Prize for Fiction; and Distance; and three books of short stories, Spit Delaney’s Island, a finalist for the Governor General’s Award; The Barclay Family Theatre; and Damage Done by the Storm. He is also the author of A Passion for Narrative: A Guide for Writing Fiction.

Hodgins has been awarded the Canada-Australia Prize, among many others, has received three honorary degrees, and has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.

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