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A River Town

A River Town

by ThomasKeneally (Author)

  • Used

    Paperback 1995

    $3.29

  • Used

    Hardcover 1995

    $3.29

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    Paperback 1996

    $21.85
Synopsis

In turn-of-the-century Australia, Tim Shea supports his young family by running a general store in a remote riverside town, where he finds the same hypocrisy and snobbery which made him emigrate from Ireland, and suffers a series of misfortunes which take him to the brink of disaster. Capturing the spirit of the times, this is the mesmerising tale of a flawed hero whose stubborn integrity is nearly his undoing.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
 Pages: 400
 Edition: First printing of this edition
 Publisher: Sceptre
Published: 21 Sep 1995
ISBN 10: 0340624744
ISBN 13: 9780340624746
Book Overview: Reissued to coincide with the 50th anniversary of Keneally's first novel.

Media Reviews
The work of a great storyteller * The Times *
A joy to read . . . His skilful prose which seems effortlessly to capture the rhythms and cadences of at least six different emigrant races . . . his essential humanity which enables him to examine misery and horror without ever losing his gift for hope and his old-fashioned insistence on a rattling good plot, crammed full of drama, will ensure the reader is thoroughly entertained * Evening Standard *
Keneally makes us feel, very movingly, the intelligence and imaginative openness that lie deeper than Tim's prejudices and inarticulacies . . . a novel [of] great vitality and charm * The Sunday Times *
A remarkably vivid and moving portrayal of a hostile world where good struggles to shine through * Time Out *
A masterpiece * Literary Review *
A great read * Mail on Sunday *
Author Bio
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.