- Fiction, Suicide victims, Suburban life, Young men
Two boys growing up in Australia during the 1940's and 1950's.
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Earnest, grave, contemplative and classical in form.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- contemplativerelentless
- classical in formformally daring
- unpretentiousprestige
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About the book
- Author
- David Malouf
- First published
- 1975
- Pages
- 170
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus, Univ of Queensland Pr, University of Queensland Press
- Editions
- 9
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780701161828
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