The Conversations at Curlow Creek by David Malouf (First Edition)
The year is 1827, and in a remote hut on the high plains of New South Wales, two strangers spend the night in talk. One, Carney, an illiterate Irishman, ex-convict and bushranger, is to be hanged at dawn. The other, Adair, also Irish, is the police officer who has been sent to supervise the hanging.
As the night wears on, the two discover unexpected connections between their lives, and learn new truths. Outside the hut, Adair's troopers sit uneasily, reflecting on their own pasts and futures, waiting for the morning to come.
With ironic humour and in prose of starkly evocative power, the novel moves between Australia and Ireland to explore questions of nature and justice, reason and un-reason, the workings of fate, and the small measure of freedom a man may claim in the face of death.
A new novel by Malouf is a major event; The Conversations at Curlow Creek will confirm him as one of the greatest novelists of our time.
Format: Hardback | 224 pages
Dimensions (cm): 24.1 x 16 x 2.2 | 554g
Publication Date: 23 Aug 1996
Publisher: Random House UK
Imprint: Chatto & Windus
Publication City/Country: London, United Kingdom
Language: English
Edition Number: 1
ISBN10: 0701165715
ISBN13: 9780701165710
Condition: Good
A vintage book that has been read but is in good condition. No obvious damage to the cover. The dust jacket is included and in good condition (minor scuff marks along the edges). The majority of pages are undamaged with no creasing or tearing, no pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text and no writing in margins. A handful of pages are bordered with faint discolouring, none of which compromises the legibility or understanding of the text. No missing pages.