The Playmaker - Couverture souple

Keneally, Thomas

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0340422637 ISBN 13 : 9780340422632

Editeur : Sceptre, 1988

Synopsis

A reconstruction of a real episode in the very earliest days of the colonization of Australia, using the real peopple of the story to make the tale come true

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

Formidably good . . . strong, subtle, echoing and profound (The Sunday Times)

A magnificent and moving documentary, a tribute to his roots (Mail on Sunday)

He seizes with stunning effect on an event far more bizarre than any fiction (New Statesman)

An excellent novel (Independent)

The literary joy here has more to do with how individual each characterisation is, each one tuned to another note of Keneally's rich, strong prose (Kirkus Reviews)

This is Mr Keneally at his best (Daily Telegraph)

Punchy, highly intelligent (Financial Times)

Mingles meticulous research with lucid characterisation (Daily Mail)

The best Australian writer alive (Auberon Waugh)

Biographie de l'auteur

Thomas Keneally began his writing career in 1964 and has published thirty novels since. They include Schindler's Ark, which won the Booker Prize in 1982 and was subsequently made into the film Schindler's List, and The Chant Of Jimmie Blacksmith, Confederates and Gossip From The Forest, each of which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. His most recent novels are The Daughters Of Mars, which was shortlisted for the Walter Scott Prize in 2013, and Shame and the Captives. He has also written several works of non-fiction, including his memoir Homebush Boy, Searching for Schindler and Australians. He is married with two daughters and lives in Sydney.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Sceptre
• Date d'édition: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0340422637
• ISBN 13: 9780340422632
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 400