Drylands: Winner Of The Miles Franklin Literary Award 2000

Author: Thea Astley

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Price : $15.00 AUD
ISBN : 9780140283808
Publisher : Penguin Books Australia
Imprint : Penguin Books Australia
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Publication date : 01 March 2000
Dimensions : 198mm X 128mm
Produced in : Australia
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2000, A near fine copy only marked by light tanning of the pages.

Description

In her flat above Drylands' newsagency, Janet Deakin is writing a book for the world's last reader. Little has changed here in fifty years except for the coming of cable TV. Lonliness is almost a religion, and still everyone knows your business.

Awards

Winner of Miles Franklin Literary Award 2000 and Queensland Premier's Literary Awards: Best Fiction Book 2000 and State Library of Tasmania People's Choice Award 2000. Shortlisted for Courier-Mail Book of the Year Award 2000.

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