In the wet /
It is the rainy season. Drunk and delirious, an old man lies dying in the Queensland bush. In his opium-hazed last hours, a priest finds his deserted shack and listens to his last words. Half-awake and half-dreaming the old man tells the story of an adventure set decades in the future, in a very dif...
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Published: |
Vintage,
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Publisher Address: | London : |
Publication Dates: | 2009. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
Series: |
Vintage classics
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Summary: |
It is the rainy season. Drunk and delirious, an old man lies dying in the Queensland bush. In his opium-hazed last hours, a priest finds his deserted shack and listens to his last words. Half-awake and half-dreaming the old man tells the story of an adventure set decades in the future, in a very different world ... |
Item Description: | Originally published: London: Heinemann, 1953. |
Carrier Form: | 354 pages ; 20 cm. |
ISBN: |
9780099530046 (paperback) : 009953004X (paperback) |
CLC: | I561.45 |
Call Number: | I561.45/S562-5 |