
A Long Way From Home
by Peter Carey
Title:
A Long Way From Home
Author:
Peter Carey
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
400 pages
Publisher:
Faber and Faber Ltd
ISBN-13:
9780571338856
EAN:
9780571338856
Classifications:
Modern and Contemporary (Post c 1945)
Weight (g):
444
Dimensions (mm):
197 x 130 x 25
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Description
Longlisted for the 2019 International DUBLIN Literary AwardShortlisted for the 2019 Walter Scott Historical Fiction PrizeIrene Bobs loves fast driving. Her husband is the best car salesman in rural south eastern Australia. Together they embark upon the Redex Trial, a brutal car race around the continent, over roads no car can ever quite survive.Set during the 1950s in the dying embers of the British Empire, A Long Way from Home is a thrilling high-speed story, illuminating a country's relationship with its own ancient culture, and the love made and hurt caused along the way.




















