Digger - Couverture souple

Anderson, Max

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0330492012 ISBN 13 : 9780330492010

Editeur : Picador, 2005

Synopsis

Digger is the story of a foreigner arriving unannounced and ill-equipped in a mining town that boomed and died before the Great War began, a town whose sole remnants are eight buildings, 13 people and a pub. All around is ruin, mining waste, waterless scrub . . . and the world's purest gold.

Anderson spins a break-neck account of adventure and adversity as he tries to join the remarkable band of men who detect metal for a living. Ex-truckie Ron snarls about bastard, gold-filching tourists; veteran treasure hunter Lazy Les drawls bar-room advice while strumming air guitar with AC/DC; and pub owner Kevin quietly surveys all through a haze of cigarillo smoke. Digging between the abandoned shafts, Anderson unearths superstitions and secrets, as well as stories of the original desert diggers who struck as much misery as they did gold. But ultimately he dips deep into a small town's psyche and – risking his relationship and his self-respect – down to the bedrock of an age-old obsession.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Born in 1965, Max Anderson has worked as a writer in Sydney and London. In 2001, while Deputy Travel Editor of the Sunday Times, he won AITO British Travel Journalist of the Year and a Travelex Travel Writer's Award. He currently lives in the Adelaide Hills with his wife and twin boys.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Picador
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0330492012
• ISBN 13: 9780330492010
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 368
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible