POOR FELLOW MY COUNTRY
by HERBERT, XAVIER
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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HAWTHORN EAST, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
William Collins, Sydney, 1975. 1466 pp, fine copy in like, illustrated d/j.. First edition.
Synopsis
Poor Fellow My Country is a Miles Franklin Award winning novel by Australian author Xavier Herbert. It is the longest Australian book ever written. Primarily, it is the story of Jeremy Delacy and his illegitimate grandson Prindy in the years leading up to World War II. It covers matter on Aboriginal affairs, Australian patriotism and nationalism; subjects also dealt with in Herbert's novel Capricornia.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Camberwell Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 229012
- Title
- POOR FELLOW MY COUNTRY
- Author
- HERBERT, XAVIER
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- William Collins, Sydney, 1975
- Keywords
- modern firsts literature australia aborigines
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HAWTHORN EAST, Victoria
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