Holden's Performance - Hardcover

Bail, Murray

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47 ratings by Goodreads

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0571148263 ISBN 13: 9780571148264

Publisher: Faber & Faber, 1987

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The sprawling tale of Holden Shadbolt, a guileless and matter-of-fact man, as he passes through the cities and landscapes of Australia.

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Review:

"A work of dazzling imagination."--"Independent
""Holden's Performance is a triumph."--"The Australian
"Bail is a writer of great talent and extraordinary concentration."--"Melbourne Age
"Astonishing in its range . . . superbly written, much of it is like the click of a camera shutter in its sharpness and impassivity . . . extraordinarily wide-ranging and inventive."--"Times on Sunday
"A work of dazzling imagination."--"Independent"
""Holden's Performance" is a triumph."--"The Australian"
"Bail is a writer of great talent and extraordinary concentration."--"Melbourne Age"
"Astonishing in its range . . . superbly written, much of it is like the click of a camera shutter in its sharpness and impassivity . . . extraordinarily wide-ranging and inventive."--"Times on Sunday"
"A work of dazzling imagination."-- "Independent"
""Holden's Performance" is a triumph."-- "The Australian"
"Bail is a writer of great talent and extraordinary concentration."-- "Melbourne Age"
"Astonishing in its range . . . superbly written, much of it is like the click of a camera shutter in its sharpness and impassivity . . . extraordinarily wide-ranging and inventive."-- "Times on Sunday"
"A work of dazzling imagination."--"Independent"""Holden's Performance" is a triumph."--"The Australian""Bail is a writer of great talent and extraordinary concentration."--"Melbourne Age""Astonishing in its range . . . superbly written, much of it is like the click of a camera shutter in its sharpness and impassivity . . . extraordinarily wide-ranging and inventive."--"Times on Sunday"

"A work of dazzling imagination."—"Independent"
""Holden's Performance" is a triumph."—"The Australian"
"Bail is a writer of great talent and extraordinary concentration."—"Melbourne Age"
"Astonishing in its range . . . superbly written, much of it is like the click of a camera shutter in its sharpness and impassivity . . . extraordinarily wide-ranging and inventive."—"Times on Sunday"
"A work of dazzling imagination."--"Independent"

""Holden's Performance" is a triumph."--"The Australian"

"Bail is a writer of great talent and extraordinary concentration."--"Melbourne Age"

"Astonishing in its range . . . superbly written, much of it is like the click of a camera shutter in its sharpness and impassivity . . . extraordinarily wide-ranging and inventive."--"Times on Sunday"

A work of dazzling imagination. "Independent"

"Holden's Performance" is a triumph. "The Australian"

Bail is a writer of great talent and extraordinary concentration. "Melbourne Age"

Astonishing in its range . . . superbly written, much of it is like the click of a camera shutter in its sharpness and impassivity . . . extraordinarily wide-ranging and inventive. "Times on Sunday""

"A work of dazzling imagination." --Independent

"Holden's Performance is a triumph." --The Australian

"Bail is a writer of great talent and extraordinary concentration." --Melbourne Age

"Astonishing in its range . . . superbly written, much of it is like the click of a camera shutter in its sharpness and impassivity . . . extraordinarily wide-ranging and inventive." --Times on Sunday

Book Description:

'The clotted magnificence of this chortling midden of ratbags, pervs and wastrels keeps you reading' - Valentine Cunningham, Observer

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