The Playmaker. This item is unavailable.
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Language: English
Published by Hodder & Stoughton, 1987
- Hardcover
- Used
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A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration.
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- Title
- The Playmaker
- Author
- Keneally, Thomas
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Publication year
- 1987
- Condition
- Fair
- Binding
- Hardback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0340341548
- ISBN 13
- 9780340341544
- Item weight
- 454 grams
310 pages. Book and Jacket are both in Very good condition throughout. A Group Of Young Convicts In A Remote Penal Station Stage The First Play Ever To Be Perform In That Part Of The Universe.
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Review
Formidably good . . . strong, subtle, echoing and profound (The Sunday Times)
A magnificent and moving documentary, a tribute to his roots (Mail on Sunday)
He seizes with stunning effect on an event far more bizarre than any fiction (New Statesman)
An excellent novel (Independent)
The literary joy here has more to do with how individual each characterisation is, each one tuned to another note of Keneally's rich, strong prose (Kirkus Reviews)
This is Mr Keneally at his best (Daily Telegraph)
Punchy, highly intelligent (Financial Times)
Mingles meticulous research with lucid characterisation (Daily Mail)
The best Australian writer alive (Auberon Waugh)
A magnificent and moving documentary, a tribute to his roots (Mail on Sunday)
He seizes with stunning effect on an event far more bizarre than any fiction (New Statesman)
An excellent novel (Independent)
The literary joy here has more to do with how individual each characterisation is, each one tuned to another note of Keneally's rich, strong prose (Kirkus Reviews)
This is Mr Keneally at his best (Daily Telegraph)
Punchy, highly intelligent (Financial Times)
Mingles meticulous research with lucid characterisation (Daily Mail)
The best Australian writer alive (Auberon Waugh)
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