The Art of the Engine Driver by Steven Carroll

Steven Carroll

ISBN 10: 073227057X / ISBN 13: 9780732270575

Edité par HarperCollins Publishers, Sydney NSW, 2001

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Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges.The Art of the Engine Driveris the story of one evening in the lives of the residents of a new outer Melbourne suburb.As a mighty steam train leaves Spencer Street Station on its haul to Sydney, a family of three - Vic, Rita and their son Michael are walking down their street to an engagement party. George Bedser, a shipbuilder from Liverpool, is celebrating the engagement of his daughter, Patsy. He has no family here and has invited the whole street to the party.Vic is an engine driver, looking to be like his hero Paddy Ryan and become the master of the smooth ride.As the neighbours walk to the party using a mixture of description and internal monologue, we hear their stories and are drawn into the lives of a bully, a drunk, a restless young girl and a happy family man.On this hot summer's night, the old and the new, diesel and steam, town and country all collide, and nobody is left unaffected. This is a distinctly Australian novel in the spirit of Tim Winton and Robert Drewe, a luminous and evocative tale of ordinary suburban lives with extraordinary power and depth. (back cover).

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: The Art of the Engine Driver by Steven Carroll
• Éditeur: HarperCollins Publishers, Sydney NSW
• Date de parution: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 073227057X
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780732270575
• Reliure: Soft cover
• Édition: 1st Edition
• État de l'article: Very Good
• Dimensions: 20 L x 13 H x 3 P (centimètres) 20 centimètres de largeur par 13 centimètres de hauteur par 3 centimètres de profondeur
• Poids: 0,5 kilogramme
• Catalogues du vendeur:
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  • Subjects - Australian Literature - Australian F...

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Book by Carroll Steven

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