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1988

By: Andrew McGahan
Narrated by: David Tredinnick
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In McGahan's prequel to his best-selling debut, Praise, Gordon, failed writer and bottleshop boy, feels his life is going nowhere and heads north with Wayne in search of their rightful place in the culture of a nation.

'A lighthouse. A weather station, thousands of miles away. For six months. I drank steadily. With alcohol it all made sense.'

It's the Bicentennial year, and for Gordon it seems his life is going nowhere. It's time to escape. From his overcrowded house, from Brisbane, from Expo 88, from everything.

He stumbles into Wayne, who has connections in Darwin and the promise of work. So the two of them head north toward swamps and crocodiles, in search of inspiration and of their rightful place in the culture of Australia.

©1995 Andrew McGahan (P)2019 Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Fiction

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Subtle yet thought provoking

Straight away I knew this was a unique approach to writing about what t I believe to be an honest reflection of a mans journey into becoming more self aware and even more then that 'self actualized' in the most authentic Australian environment you can imagine. At first you may think this book is slow and it's going no where but I encourage you to read on because it's all done for a reason that will slowly reveal it self as the book goes on. My only disappointment with this book is that I am no longer reading it because I finished it so quickly! I was all in with this book, if you like stories that go into rich depth about who we are, why we do the things we do and how we can surprise our selves sometimes in the most uncomfortable of ways when put in certain situations all to get a better understanding of who we truly are - this book is for you.

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