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Hamish Hamilton, 2008-09-29. Hardcover. Good.

Hardback. Acceptable.

Hardback. Very Good.

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Melbourne: Hamish Hamilton / Penguin Books, 2008. 1st ed.. Hardback small, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), pictorial cover, minor edgewear. 215 pp. First edition. These Australian short stories by Robert Drewe are set against a backdrop - the coast. The book reveals the fragility of relationships between husbands and wives, children and parents, friends and lovers. The author returns to the short story territory he has made his own.

Melb. Hamish Hamilton., 2008.. (2nd imp) Or.bds. Dustjacket. 219pp. Fine. A novel.

HardCover . 🔴 Condition - Good🔴Australian buyers can combine up to 5Kg of Books for the same postage charge.🟢 This Book weighs 360 Grams.

London: Hamish Hamilton, 2008. Hardcover. Used. Internationally acclaimed as a novelist and memoirist, Robert Drewe returns to the short-story territory he has made his own. Set against a backdrop - the Australian coast - as randomly and imminently violent as it is beautiful, The Ripreveals the fragility of relationships between husbands and wives, children and parents, friends and lovers. You will find yourself set down in a modern Garden of Eden with a disgraced Adam seeking his Eve; sharing the fears of a small boy in a coastal classroom as a tsunami approaches; in an English gaol cell with an Australian surfer on drug charges; watching an American film scout confront his masculinity on a Pacific island; and witnessing a middle-aged farmer contemplating murdering the hippie who stole his wife. Written in a variety of moods, always compassionate, wry and razor-sharp, these dazzling stories are crafted with all the weight and resonance of Drewe's longer Fiction as well as the incisive wit, passion… Read More

Camberwell, Hamish Hamilton/Penguin first AUSTRALIAN edition - hard cover in d.j. Internationally acclaimed as a novelist and memoirist Robert Drewe returns to the short-story territory he has made his own. Set against a backdrop - the Australian coast - as randomly and imminently violent as it is beautiful. 'The Rip' reveals the fragility of relationships between husbands and wives, children and parents, friends and lovers. 192 x 133mm., pp.10, 219, 6. H/cover (illus. pictorial boards) in dust jacket which has very small chip bot. back fold. FIRST AUSTRALIAN EDITION. FINE/VG+ ISBN: 9780241015360

Camberwell: Hamish Hamilton, 2008. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Unread. A very neat copy in publisher's illustrated boards, 219 pages. Thirteen stories set on an Australian shore, Drewe explores the fragility of relationships. Signed by Robert Drewe on the title page. Listing with Biblio since 2005, we guarantee our book descriptions, & post the next business day with tracking notification.

Camberwell, Hamish Hamilton/Penguin first Australian edition - h/c in dust jacket Internationally acclaimed as a novelist and memoirist, Robert Drewe returns to the short-story territory he has made his own. Set against a backdrop - the Australian coast - as randomly and imminently violent as it is beautiful, 'The Rip' reveals the fragility of relationships between husbands and wives, children and parents, friends and lovers. 192 x 133mm., pp. 10 (prelim.), 219, 6 (adverts.) Hard cover in dust jacket. Correct numbering first AUST. edit. AUTHOR SIGNED (title page). FINE/NEAR FINE ISBN: 9780241015360