"A striking contribution to the permanent literature of this country" Peter Craven, Australian Book Review; "Bail is a writer of great talent and extraordinary concentration" Melbourne Age
These three stories vindicate Murray Bail's reputation as one of Australia's most celebrated novelists. In the title story, a middle-aged piano-tuner becomes a camouflage roof-painter during World War Two. In the company of chummy American conscripts, he confronts for the first time the detachment and disappointment that characterised his civilian life. "The Seduction of My Sister" is the story of a teen-aged boy who - through the bizarre practice of hurling gramophone records into the night air - watches as his richer, more confident new neighbour steals his sister from her youth and the narrator's reluctant tutelage. "The Drover's Wife," the shortest and least conventional of the collection, uses a painting to unfold the failure of a marriage. In Bail's terse, honest language, Camouflage describes the lives of three paralysed observers, all at different ages - youth, maturity, age - and all forever looking on as life slips away.
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Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Camouflage This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. Nº de ref. del artículo: 7719-9781860469022
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Librería: Bahamut Media, Reading, Reino Unido
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. Nº de ref. del artículo: 6545-9781860469022
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Librería: 2Vbooks, Derwood, MD, Estados Unidos de America
Hard cover. Condición: Fine in fine dust jacket. 100 p. Audience: General/trade. No previous owner's name. Clean, tight pages. No Bent corners. HC 281. Nº de ref. del artículo: Alibris.0037025
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Librería: BURWAY BOOKS, Church Stretton, Reino Unido
Hardcover. Condición: New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: As New. 1st Edition. Nº de ref. del artículo: ABE-1650114115410
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Librería: Signature Firsts, Brecon, POWYS, Reino Unido
Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st Edition. Near fine first printing in fine dust wrapper. An as new, unread copy with thin strip of flecking to the rear free end paper. As an enthusiastic collector myself I make every effort to provide a high level of service. Enquiries welcomed. Paypal accepted. Nº de ref. del artículo: 009129
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Librería: bluemanbooks, Ludlow, Reino Unido
Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. First Edition. This is a true UK first edition, first printing, with the complete numberline 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2 on the copyright page. A very nice copy. By the popular Australian novelist, who won the Commonwealth Writer's Prize for 'Eucalyptus'. Nº de ref. del artículo: 001431
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Librería: Badger Books, Woollahra, NSW, Australia
Hardcover/Hardback. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. First Edition. A hybrid English edition: 'The Seduction of My Sister' and 'Camouflage' of the Australian edition with 'The Drover's Wife', an earlier, much anthologised story, added. Fine in dustwrapper. book. Nº de ref. del artículo: 45994
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