A long way from home / Peter Carey.
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TextPublisher: Leicester : Thorpe, Aurora, 2019Edition: Large print editionDescription: 426 pages (large print) ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781787820128; 1787820122Subject(s): Self-actualization (Psychology) -- Fiction | Automobile racing -- Fiction | Neighbors -- Fiction | Nineteen fifties -- Fiction | Australia -- FictionGenre/Form: Large type books Online resources: Click here to access online Summary: Irene Bobs loves fast driving. Her husband is the best car salesman in rural south eastern Australia. Together with Willie, their lanky navigator, they embark upon the Redex Trial, a brutal race around the continent, over roads no car will ever quite survive. A long way from home is Peter Carey's thrilling high-speed story that starts in one way, then takes you to another place altogether. Set in the 1950s in the embers of the British Empire, painting a picture of Queen and subject, black, white and those in between, A long way from home illustrates how the possession of an ancient culture spirals through history - and the love made and hurt caused along the way.
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Irene Bobs loves fast driving. Her husband is the best car salesman in rural south eastern Australia. Together with Willie, their lanky navigator, they embark upon the Redex Trial, a brutal race around the continent, over roads no car will ever quite survive. A long way from home is Peter Carey's thrilling high-speed story that starts in one way, then takes you to another place altogether. Set in the 1950s in the embers of the British Empire, painting a picture of Queen and subject, black, white and those in between, A long way from home illustrates how the possession of an ancient culture spirals through history - and the love made and hurt caused along the way.
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