The Art of the Engine Driver (Paperback)

Steven Carroll

ISBN 10: 0732288983 / ISBN 13: 9780732288983

Edité par HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd, Pymble, NSW, 2008

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Paperback. On a hot summer's night in the 1950s, the old and the new, diesel and steam, town and country all collide - and nobody will be left unaffected. As a passenger train leaves Spencer Street Station on its haul to Sydney, a family of three - Vic, Rita and their son Michael - are off to a party. George Bedser has invited the whole neighbourhood to celebrate the engagement of his daughter. Vic is an engine driver, with dreams of being like his hero Paddy Ryan and becoming the master of the smooth ride. As the neighbours walk to the party, we are drawn into the lives of a bully, a drunk, a restless girl and a young boy forced to grow up before he is ready. THE ART OF THE ENGINE DRIVER is a luminous and evocative tale of ordinary suburban lives, told with an extraordinary power. 'Subtle, true and profoundly touching' Le Monde 'Exquisitely crafted . fresh and irresistible' Miles Franklin Literary Award Judges'A little masterpiece' Hessische Allgemeine Shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award, 2002 Shortlisted for the Prix Femina Etranger, 2005 On a hot summer's night in the 1950s, the old and the new, diesel and steam, town and country all collide - and nobody will be left unaffected. The Art of the Engine Driver is a luminous and evocative tale of ordinary suburban lives, told with an extraordinary power. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: The Art of the Engine Driver (Paperback)
• Éditeur: HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd, Pymble, NSW
• Date de parution: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0732288983
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780732288983
• Reliure: Paperback
• État de l'article: new

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Quatrième de couverture

There they are, still as a photograph, listening for the distant thud of the sun as it prepares to drop from the sky...

On a hot summer's night, a family of three are off to a party in their bristling suburbia. But nothing is as it seems and soon we are walking with them through the past lives of a bully, a drunk and a disaffected youth.

As the story of the neighbourhood unfolds the old and the new, diesel and steam, town and country all collide - and nobody will be left unaffected.

The Art of the Engine Driver is a luminous and evocative take on ordinary suburban lives told with an extraordinary power and depth.

'A veritable little gem... a beautiful discovery.'

Elle France