Henry Johnston

Broschiertes Buch

Best and Fairest

Beschreibung

Sydney Australia, sometime in the 1960s. Watched by family and friends, thirteen determined young Rugby League players commence a seminal year which finishes in triumph for some, tragedy for others. Welcome to the dangerous alleys of Sydney’s inner west, in a time before credit cards, when working-class families bought household goods on hire purchase; when off-course gambling was a way of life and ‘cockatoos’ kept watch for local SP (Starting Price) bookies operating in every corner pub. Best and Fairest assembles a fractured mosaic of almost forgotten everyday lives, and creates a powerful impression of a culture and era now rapidly fading from memory.

Autor

Henry Johnston, Australian author, essayist, and poet, was born in the UK in 1951. He is a contributor to both The Australian Independent Media Network and Independent Australia. In his career, Johnston served as an ABC Radio producer, speechwriter, and senior policy adviser. In the Independent Australia 2023 writing competition, his essay "In The Company of Giants", won the Most Compelling Article award. Other pieces of work encompass the short story "An Upturned Sky" (Stringybark Publishing), and an anthology Port Out Starboard Home, which was released as an eBook on Smashwords. He has written two novellas: Best and Fairest and The Last Voyage of Aratus and Other Stories. Set in inner-city Sydney during the 1960s, Best and Fairest chronicles the lives of 13 young men united by their love of Rugby League. In The Last Voyage of Aratus and Other Stories, Samuel Taylor Coleridge's The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is given a modern twist. His current project is a collection of poetry called The Gardens of Stone.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Valentine Press
• Seitenzahl: 158
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. November 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 127mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 178g
• ISBN-13: 9780994224453
• ISBN-10: 0994224451
• Artikelnr.: 45267213