by NevilShute (Author)
It is the rainy season. Drunk and delirious, an old man lies dying in the Queensland bush. In his opium-hazed last hours, a priest finds his deserted shack and listens to his last words. Half-awake and half-dreaming the old man tells the story of an adventure set decades in the future, in a very different world...
Format: Paperback
Pages: 368
Publisher: Vintage Classics
Published: 03 Sep 2009
ISBN 10: 009953004X
ISBN 13: 9780099530046
Book Overview: A classic adventure from the author of A Town Like Alice and On the Beach.