The Conversations at Curlow Creek

David Malouf

ISBN 10: 0676970362 / ISBN 13: 9780676970364

Published by Knopf Canada, 1997

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NY: Pantheon, 1996. First edition. Jardbound. New in dust jacket. A pristine unread copy of the Winner of the 1996 International Impac Dublin Literary Award. 0.0.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Conversations at Curlow Creek
• Publisher: Knopf Canada
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0676970362
• ISBN 13: 9780676970364
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: F.
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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Synopsis

A new work of fiction by the author of Remembering Babylon. It is 1827, and, in a remote hut high on the plains of New South Wales, two strangers spend the night in talk. One, an illiterate Irishman, and ex-convict and bushranger, is to be hanged at dawn. The other is the police officer who has been sent to supervise the hanging. As the night wears on, the two men share memories and uncover unlikely connections between their lives. 240 pp. Author tour. 20,000 print.From the Hardcover edition.

About the Author

David Malouf is the author of many works of fiction and poetry, including the novel Remembering Babylon which received the first-ever International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and was short listed for the Booker Prize. He lives in Sydney, Australia.


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