POOR FELLOW MY COUNTRY.
by HERBERT,, Xavier
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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CHELTENHAM, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Sydney, Collins, 1975.. 1463pp. Tall 8vo. Original boards in Ray Crooke dustwrapper. A near fine copy.. First edition.
Synopsis
Poor Fellow My Country is a Miles Franklin Award winning novel by Australian author Xavier Herbert. It is the longest Australian book ever written. Primarily, it is the story of Jeremy Delacy and his illegitimate grandson Prindy in the years leading up to World War II. It covers matter on Aboriginal affairs, Australian patriotism and nationalism; subjects also dealt with in Herbert's novel Capricornia.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Grant's Bookshop (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 113980
- Title
- POOR FELLOW MY COUNTRY.
- Author
- HERBERT,, Xavier
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Sydney, Collins, 1975.
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