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Synopsis
Themes of destruction, loss, and desire are explored in this intricately crafted novel. On a cliff overlooking a scenic lake and city skyline rises an elegant glass confection that is home to the best restaurant in town—The Point. Here, in lamp-lit art deco splendor, the city's elite come to dine on the delicious concoctions of its celebrated chef. Nearby, in a ferry shelter that no ferry has ever visited, Clovis, an elderly homeless man befriends Gwenyth, a young heroin addict. Clovis and Gwenyth are not part of life inside the posh restaurant—until a man is brutally murdered and the paths of the "haves" and the "have-nots" cross. This entrancing book goes much deeper than surface perceptions, revealing the complexities of human relationships.
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À propos de l'auteur
Marion Halligan is an award-winning novelist, essayist, and short story writer. She is the author of Cockles of the Heart,Eat My Words, The Fog Garden, The Golden Dress, Lovers' Knots,The Midwife's Daughters, Out of the Picture, Spider Cup, The Taste of Memory, and Wishbone.
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The Point
Edité par
Allen & Unwin, 2005
ISBN 10 : 1741143721
ISBN 13 : 9781741143720
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Paperback. Etat : Good. 348 pages. N° de réf. du vendeur 1199933
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The Point
Edité par
Allen & Unwin, 2004
ISBN 10 : 1741143721
ISBN 13 : 9781741143720
Ancien ou d'occasion
Paperback
Vendeur : Book Grocer, Tullamarine, VIC, Australie
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Paperback. Marion Halligan, Allen & Unwin. Shortlisted for the 2004 Commonwealth Literary Prize and the Fellowship of Australian Writers awards On a promontory in a lake within a city built by the famed architect Walter Burley Griffin and his wife Marion Mahony, rises an elegant glass confection which is home to the best restaurant in the city - The Point. Here, in lamp-lit art deco splendour, comfortable well-heeled patrons like computer engineer Jerome Glancy, come to break bread and feast on the fine food of its chef, Flora, whose 'food is an idea, carefully thought out, before it becomes flesh on a plate'. In a modern city, the pleasures of gastronomy are neither affordable nor of interest to much of the population and the piece of land on which the Point rests approximates as home for a couple of oddly matched vagrants: ex-lawyer Clovis and a young heroin addict, Gwenyth. When a man is brutally murdered, the paths of the 'haves' and the 'have-nots' cross and what looked like difference suddenly seems strangely more familiar. Now in handsomely re-packaged B format, The Point is a novel of intricate complexity and wit about our appetites and desires and the way they irrevocably shape the world. Paperback. N° de réf. du vendeur 9781741143720-SECONDHAND
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