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The Rip

by Drewe, Robert

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Penguin, 2009. 216 crisp pp plus catalogue, less than 500g to post. About the book >>> 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. 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 jail 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.. Paperback. Excellent/None issued. 16cm.
  • Bookseller Independent bookstores AU (AU)
  • Format/Binding Paperback
  • Book Condition Used - Excellent
  • Jacket Condition None issued
  • Binding Paperback
  • Publisher Penguin
  • Date Published 2009
  • Keywords Drewe Fiction
  • Size 16cm

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by Robert Drewe

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by Drewe, Robert

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9780241015360
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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.
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The Rip

by Robert Drewe

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by Robert Drewe

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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
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THE RIP - Short Stories
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THE RIP - Short Stories

by DREWE, Robert

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first AUSTRALIAN edition - hard cover in d.j.
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Hardcover
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9780241015360
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0241015367
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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
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by DREWE, Robert

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9780241015360
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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.
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by DREWE, Robert

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first Australian edition - h/c in dust jacket
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Hardcover
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9780241015360
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0241015367
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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
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