- Australian literature, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction
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Prestige, contemplative, grave and earnest.
- unpretentiousprestige
- contemplativerelentless
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- resolvedopen-ended
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- Author
- Patrick White
- First published
- September 4, 1984
- Pages
- 448
- Publisher
- Penguin (Non-Classics)
- Editions
- 2
- ISBN
- 9780140014389
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About Patrick White · 1912–1990
An Australian author, was widely regarded as a major English-language novelist of the 20th century.
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