{"product_id":"the-big-country-the-living-lan-vol-1-by-colleen-mccullough-darcy-niland-hardcover-2008-copy","title":"The Big Country: Rough Living Vol 2 by Nevil Shute, \u0026 Evan Green (Hardcover, 2008)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Big Country: Rough Living Vol 2\u003c\/strong\u003e by\u003cstrong\u003e Nevil Shute, \u0026amp; Evan Green\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese twin volumes of four classics by outstanding novelists celebrate what Colleen McCullough has called \"the living land\", outback country that it is just possible to settle and farm, \"fawn and blue and drear in the rain, but alive\", and parched to dust in the Dry; a place where now legendary characters  like Maggie Cleary and Father Ralph de Bricassart of \u003cem\u003eThe Thorn Birds \u003c\/em\u003emeet and struggle with their destiny. \u003cem\u003eThe Shiralee\u003c\/em\u003e takes a hard road through this country with a swagman named Macauley, a free man who carries an unusual burden, for his real swag is \"the one with legs and a cabbage-tree-hat\" - his little daughter. D'Arcy Niland's telling of their bittersweet journey is irresistible. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVolume Two explores the hardships of life in desert country, defined by Joe Harman in \u003cem\u003eA Town Like Alice\u003c\/em\u003e: \"It's red around Alice and where I come from, red earth and then, the mountains are all red... I suppose everybody likes his own place. The country round about the Springs is my place. To me, it's beautiful.\" Another Nevil Shute character jokes about the \"rough living\" in the red centre - and this land of extremes is thrillingly explored in Evan Green's \u003cem\u003eAlice to Nowhere\u003c\/em\u003e, where two desperate men make the Birdsville Track a trait of terror, and a shy mailman runs into the adventure of his life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardback | 304 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions (cm):\u003c\/strong\u003e 23.5 x 16.1 x 2.3 | 642g\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/strong\u003e2008\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/strong\u003eReader's Digest Australia\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication City\/Country:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ultimo, SYD, Australia\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/strong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdition Number:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdition Statement:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2 novels revised ed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e9781921344831\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition: \u003c\/strong\u003eVery Good\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eA book that does not look new and has been read but is in excellent condition. No obvious damage to the cover, with the dust jacket included and in a good condition (minor scuff marks along the edges). No missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, and no underlining\/highlighting of text or writing in the margins. Very minimal wear and tear.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Verse \u0026 Prose","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56734417518758,"sku":"CCS0036","price":9.5,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0502\/0827\/6646\/files\/TheBigCountry-RoughLivingVol2byNevilShute_amp_EvanGreen.jpg?v=1783148869","url":"https:\/\/verseandprose.com.au\/products\/the-big-country-the-living-lan-vol-1-by-colleen-mccullough-darcy-niland-hardcover-2008-copy","provider":"Verse \u0026 Prose ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}