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Synopsis
From 1959-64, Eric Cooke, a prowler turned multiple murderer was held in dread by middle-class Perth, Australia. This is Robert Drewe's personal memoir of that time, an unforgettable portrait of one boy's coming of age and the haunting anatomy of a serial killer, unwittingly employed by the author's father.
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About the Author
Robert Drewe was born in Melbourne, grew up in Western Australia and now mainly lives in Sydney. He is the author of two short story collections and five novels, including the critically acclaimed THE DROWNER which has won seven major literary prizes. His work has been widely transtated and has been adapted for film, television and radio.
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- PublisherViking
- Publication date2000
- ISBN 10 0670868191
- ISBN 13 9780670868193
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages368
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Hardback. Condition: Very good condition. Robert Drew has written a moving and unpretentious memoir of a precocious youth, a bittersweet tribute to youth's optimism.--Joyce Carol Oates, The New York Review of Books A spiced and savory memoir (The New York Times) of the dark life hidden in a sunny seaside Australian community. Written with the same lyrical intensity and spellbinding prose that has won Robert Drewe's fiction international acclaim, The Shark Net is set in a city haunted by the menace of an elusive serial killer. Drewe's middle class youth in the seaside suburbs of Perth, Australia--often described as the most isolated city in the world--takes a sinister turn when a social outcast (who turns out to be an employee of Drewe's father) embarks on a five-year murder spree. This unusual memoir brilliantly evokes the confluence of adolescent innocence and sexual awakening, while a killer who eventually murders eight people--including several of Drewe's friends--lurks in the shadows. {"length"=>["24"], "width"=>["16"], "units"=>["Centimeters"]}. Seller Inventory # 15503564
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First impression. Size: Octavo 8vo (standard book size). 358 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Mild age tanning throughout. The dust wrapper is not price clipped and shows only minor shelf-wear. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. A little rubbing on tail of spine. This BOOK IS IN STOCK and READY TO MAIL NOW. Your book when ordered will be securely packed and promptly dispatched by Great Southern Books. When Robert Drewe, aged six, moves with his family to the sun baked coastal town of Perth, Western Australia - the world's most isolated city - he has every reason to expect a life of playful adventure.But an ominous darkness creeps in as he matures. Divisions between his parents and the shifting confidences of adolescence begin to take their toll. Then a man he knows murders a boy he also knows. The murderer randomly kills several others and Robert's life is changed forever.Set in the 50s and early 60s, and based on Robert Drewe's acclaimed memoir, The Shark Net is a story of secrets and lies, fear and evil. A time of innocence and new experiences that is moving, funny and shocking. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Australia; True Crime. ISBN: 0670868191. ISBN/EAN: 9780670868193. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 4755. Seller Inventory # 4755
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