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"Beyond the futility of the law and the loneliness of the human condition, Malouf distils a triumphant beauty.... [His] prose, rich and mellifluous, conjures myth and memory to climax in an ending as elusive as the apparent reversal of the moon above an alien night." -The Globe and Mail
"Enthralling... Malouf pulls from this tightly restricted set of circumstances a far-ranging tale of high emotion that unfolds in a series of rhapsodic passages." -NOW
"Malouf has created a journey into human truth.... He strips away illusions and deference and allows two men to find common humanity against the vastness of a menacing and unbridled environment. In rich, poetic language, he turns a sporadic night-long conversation ... into a poignant and searing summation of man's place in the universe." -Kitchener-Waterloo Record
"Compelling and powerful.... This is a terse, intelligent and rewarding work that does not slip easily from the reader's mind." -Hamilton Spectator
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Book Description Quarter Cloth. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. First American. New York, NY, Pantheon Books, 1987. First American edition. 8vo. Black quarter cloth over black boards with gilt lettering embossed on spine, 233 pp. Set in 1827 Australia, two men talk through the night: a convict waiting to be hanged at dawn and the officer in charge of the hanging. They reveal their pasts, discovering unlikely connections in their lives. These two dissimilar men go far beyond the details of their lives to express both the isolation of the individual and the experiences shared in silence that unites us all. New in a new dust jacket, protected by a mylar cover. Seller Inventory # EM-B0490-05
Book Description Hard Cover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. First American. New York, NY, Pantheon Books, 1987. First American edition. 8vo. Black quarter cloth over black boards with gilt lettering embossed on spine, 233 pp. Set in 1827 Australia, two men talk through the night: a convict waiting to be hanged at dawn and the officer in charge of the hanging. They reveal their pasts, discovering unlikely connections in their lives. These two dissimilar men go far beyond the details of their lives to express both the isolation of the individual and the experiences shared in silence that unites us all. New in a new dust jacket, protected by a mylar cover. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Seller Inventory # 020622
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