The Well Dressed Explorer
by Thea Astley
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0140098828
- ISBN 13
- 9780140098822
- Seller
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Traralgon, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Penguin, Australia, 1988. Reprint. Medium Trade Paperback. Very Good. Medium Trade Paperback. 255 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Penguin, Australia, 1988. Reprint. *** CONDITION: This book is in very good condition. More specifically: Covers have no creasing. Edges of covers have superficial wear. Spine is uncreased. . Pages are reasonably tanned. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: The well dressed explorer is George Brewster - a thoroughly selfish lover. Astringently portrayed there is something very human and universal in his strayings from his ever-patient wife. In his lapses into pomposity and in his care for his own comfort. As his career in Australian journalism takes him from city to city and from mistress to mistress. George Brewster carries with him the unfaltering illusion that he is the best of men. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; General; ISBN: 0140098828. ISBN/EAN: 9780140098822. Inventory No: 23090113.. 9780140098822
Synopsis
The Well Dressed Explorer (1962) is a Miles Franklin Award winning novel by Australian author Thea Astley. This novel shared the award with The Cupboard Under the Stairs by George Turner.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Manyhills Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23090113
- Title
- The Well Dressed Explorer
- Author
- Thea Astley
- Format/Binding
- Medium Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0140098828
- ISBN 13
- 9780140098822
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Place of Publication
- Australia
- Date Published
- 1988
- Keywords
- BZDB5 Fiction; The Well Dressed Explorer
- Bookseller catalogs
- General; Fiction;
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