by KateGrenville (Author)
With an introduction by Evie Wyld
The Idea of Perfection by Kate Grenville is a funny and touching romance between two people who've given up on love. Set in the eccentric little backwater of Karakarook, New South Wales, pop. 1374, it tells the story of Douglas Cheeseman, a gawky engineer with jug-handle ears, and Harley Savage, a woman altogether too big and too abrupt for comfort.
Harley is in Karakarook to foster 'Heritage', and Douglas is there to pull down the quaint old Bent Bridge. From day one, they're on a collision course. But out of this unpromising conjunction of opposites, something unexpected happens: sometimes even better than perfection.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 432
Edition: Main Market
Publisher: Picador
Published: 19 Oct 2017
ISBN 10: 1509823433
ISBN 13: 9781509823437
Book Overview: Winner of the Orange Prize for Fiction 2001, The Idea of Perfection is a witty and tender romance.