The Dickens Boy
The Dickens Boy
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By the Booker-winning author of Schindler's Ark, a vibrant novel about Charles Dickens' son and his little-known adventures in the Australian Outback.
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The Dickens Boy by Thomas Keneally
By the Booker-winning author of Schindler's Ark, a vibrant novel about Charles Dickens' son and his little-known adventures in the Australian Outback. In 1868, Charles Dickens dispatches his youngest child, sixteen-year-old Edward, to Australia. Posted to a remote sheep station in New South Wales, Edward discovers that his father's fame has reached even there, as has the gossip about his father's scandalous liaison with an actress. Amid colonists, ex-convicts, local tribespeople and a handful of eligible young women, Edward strives to be his own man - and keep secret the fact that he's read none of his father's novels. Conjuring up a life of sheep-droving, horse-racing and cricket tournaments in a community riven with tensions and prejudice, the story of Edward's adventures also affords an intimate portrait of Dickens' himself. This vivacious novel is classic Keneally: historical figures and events re-imagined with verve, humour and compassion.
An engrossing and transporting read -- Nathan Brooker * Financial Times *
[A] genial, wry recreation of [Edward Dickens'] time in remote New South Wales * Daily Mail *
A bustling picaresque tale. . there are some unforgettably vivid scenes in this rompy but emotive story of bruised youth. -- Anthony Cummins * Mail on Sunday *
[An] absorbing novel . . . Plorn himself is a joy -- Antonia Senior * The Times *
Keneally has brought off a notable double: a delightful and continuously interesting portrayal of mid-19th century life in the rolling sheep pastures of New South Wales and an acute and persuasive examination of the mystery that Charles Dickens still presents, and of the enduring fascination he exerts over us today. -- Alan Massie * Scotsman *
The Dickens Boy . . . is energetic, even exuberant. It is in love with the abundance of life it negotiates. * The Sydney Morning Herald *
An ingenious, hilarious novel . . . Keneally does what he does so well: he plucks people from the pages of history and gives them emotional lives * The Australian *
A dashing, crisply written book * Saturday Paper *
Keneally is a master at weaving historical figures and events into compelling works of fiction and so he does with his new book * Brisbane News *
Rewarding terrain for a much-loved novelist * Gleaner *
Tender and wry as the novel is, it has a tough-minded postcolonial core . . . Keneally's other life as a historian informs every page; his is an antique footnote swelled up to life-size * Australian Book Review *
A vibrant novel * Woman & Home *
[A] genial, wry recreation of [Edward Dickens'] time in remote New South Wales * Daily Mail *
A bustling picaresque tale. . there are some unforgettably vivid scenes in this rompy but emotive story of bruised youth. -- Anthony Cummins * Mail on Sunday *
[An] absorbing novel . . . Plorn himself is a joy -- Antonia Senior * The Times *
Keneally has brought off a notable double: a delightful and continuously interesting portrayal of mid-19th century life in the rolling sheep pastures of New South Wales and an acute and persuasive examination of the mystery that Charles Dickens still presents, and of the enduring fascination he exerts over us today. -- Alan Massie * Scotsman *
The Dickens Boy . . . is energetic, even exuberant. It is in love with the abundance of life it negotiates. * The Sydney Morning Herald *
An ingenious, hilarious novel . . . Keneally does what he does so well: he plucks people from the pages of history and gives them emotional lives * The Australian *
A dashing, crisply written book * Saturday Paper *
Keneally is a master at weaving historical figures and events into compelling works of fiction and so he does with his new book * Brisbane News *
Rewarding terrain for a much-loved novelist * Gleaner *
Tender and wry as the novel is, it has a tough-minded postcolonial core . . . Keneally's other life as a historian informs every page; his is an antique footnote swelled up to life-size * Australian Book Review *
A vibrant novel * Woman & Home *
Thomas Keneally began his writing career in 1964 and has published thirty-one novels since. They include Schindler's Ark, which won the Booker Prize in 1982 and was subsequently made into the film Schindler's List, and The Chant Of Jimmie Blacksmith, Confederates and Gossip From The Forest, each of which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. His most recent novels include The Daughters Of Mars, which was shortlisted for the Walter Scott Prize in 2013, Napoleon's Last Island, Crimes of the Father and The Book of Science and Antiquities. He has also written several works of non-fiction, including his memoir Homebush Boy, Searching for Schindler and Australians. He is married with two daughters and lives in Sydney.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781529345100 |
| ISBN 10 | 1529345103 |
| Title | The Dickens Boy |
| Author | Thomas Keneally |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Year published | 2021-04-29 |
| Number of pages | 400 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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