Over Forty in Broken Hill: Unusual Encounters in the Australian Outback

Hodgins, Jack

ISBN 10: 0771041926 / ISBN 13: 9780771041921

Published by McClelland & Stewart/University of Queensland Press, Toronto, Ont, 1992

About this Item

Signed by Jack Hodgins on the title page with no inscription; some edge wear; otherwise a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; collectible condition.

Seller Inventory # 005132

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Over Forty in Broken Hill: Unusual Encounters in the Australian Outback
• Publisher: McClelland & Stewart/University of Queensland Press, Toronto, Ont
• Publication Date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0771041926
• ISBN 13: 9780771041921
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: Canadian First.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket as Issued
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Book Type: Book

About this title

About the Author

Jack Hodgins was born and raised on Vancouver Island. He taught Creative Writing at a number of Canadian universities, and retired from the University of Victoria in 2002.

He is the author of seven novels, including The Invention of the World; The Resurrection of Joseph Bourne, winner of the Governor General’s Award; The Macken Charm; Broken Ground, winner of the Ethel Wilson Prize for Fiction; and Distance; and three books of short stories, Spit Delaney’s Island, a finalist for the Governor General’s Award; The Barclay Family Theatre; and Damage Done by the Storm. He is also the author of A Passion for Narrative: A Guide for Writing Fiction.

Hodgins has been awarded the Canada-Australia Prize, among many others, has received three honorary degrees, and has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.


From the Hardcover edition.