Synopsis
Set in Sydney at the end of the 19th century, this novel focuses on the rise and fall of one man: Albion. He is a hateful and cruel man and a misogynist, but the author also shows him as a victim of his class, period and gender.
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Review
‘An eloquent, angry and humane novel. . . A very fine, albeit terrifying, writer’ Irish Times
‘Remarkable’ Guardian
‘A writer of extraordinary talent’ New York Times
Book Description
Winner of the Orange Prize for Fiction 2001
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