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A Long Way from Home

Peter Carey Amos Phillips Eloise Oxer

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English
Bolinda Audio Books
28 November 2017
Carey’s most ambitious novel since True History of the Kelly Gang: a celebration and interrogation of the Australia of Peter’s childhood. He takes us on a wild ride around the country in 1954 by way of the famous Redex car trial, during which our protagonist, Willy Bachhuber, learns the poignant truth of his troubled past.

It’s a tender and wonderfully wry portrait of Australia in the 1950s, reminiscent of Illywhacker in concerns and some characters. We’re in Bacchus Marsh in the 1950s, with car salesmen, an early aviator, and the lives of Irene Bobs and Willy Bachhuber. The striking Irene is ahead of her time, a fearless, big-hearted, independently minded woman. Her next door neighbour Willy seems to be constantly in flight from his own life. He lacks social confidence but is extremely well read, so much so that he’s a radio quiz champ. And he has a particular fondness for maps.

When Irene’s husband Titch decides to enter the Redex trial, Irene goes with him as co-driver, and Willy as navigator. Fantastically fun and funny, Peter's new novel is a major achievement.
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Imprint:   Bolinda Audio Books
Country of Publication:   Australia
Edition:   Simultaneous Release
Dimensions:   Height: 122mm,  Width: 132mm,  Spine: 14mm
Weight:   68g
ISBN:   9781489419620
ISBN 10:   1489419624
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Audio
Publisher's Status:   Active

Peter Carey is the multi-award-winning author of eight novels, plus two highly acclaimed collections of short stories and a memoir. His books have won or been shortlisted for every major literary award in Australia. He has won the Booker Prize twice – in 2001 for True History of the Kelly Gang and in 1988 for Oscar and Lucinda. In 1998 he won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Jack Maggs, and again in 2001 for True History of the Kelly Gang. In 2007 he won the NSW Premier's Award and the Victorian Premier's Award for Theft: A Love Story. Born in Bacchus Marsh, Victoria, Peter Carey now lives in New York. Amos Phillips is an actor, vocalist and voiceover artist who has been working in the film and advertising industry for over 15 years. Amos has had a number of television appearances, such as Neighbours, Underbelly and Offspring. He has performed in multiple theatre shows, television commercials and has fronted several rock bands including his current band SENTIA. Since her acclaimed debut in the Sydney Theatre Company's 2002 production of The Glass Menagerie, Eloise has worked with the STC, the MTC, Racing Pulse and numerous independent theatre companies Australia wide. An avid reader, her Bolinda audiobook titles range from Ted Prior’s children's classics to Peter Carey’s literary fiction. Screen credits include Oddball, Hunt Angels, and the ABC’s The Cut, My Place and The Doctor Blake Mysteries.

Reviews for A Long Way from Home

'Carey is a wily and supremely confident storyteller on a grand scale' -- The Times 'A new Peter Carey novel is cause for joy' -- The Guardian 'Carey can write. He is funny, humane, and profound.' -- Literary Review


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