The Conversations at Curlow Creek - (Vintage International) by David Malouf (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>From the author of "Remembering Babylon"--a novel of mysterious power that explores the gulf between fate and justice, duty and compassion. In Australia in 1827, two men--an illiterate Irish convict, sentenced to hang at dawn and the soldier who must supervise the deed--talk through the night. Out of their conversations, Malouf creates what is at once a mystery and a poetic meditation on the themes that occupy the silent center of our lives. <p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>A new work of fiction by the author of Remembering Babylon. It is 1827, and, in a remote hut high on the plains of New South Wales, two strangers spend the night in talk. One, an illiterate Irishman, and ex-convict and bushranger, is to be hanged at dawn. The other is the police officer who has been sent to supervise the hanging. As the night wears on, the two men share memories and uncover unlikely connections between their lives. 240 pp. Author tour. 20,000 print.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>David Malouf<i> </i>is the author of ten novels and six volumes of poetry. His novel <b>The Great World</b> was awarded both the prestigious Commonwealth Prize and the Prix Femina Estranger. <b>Remembering Babylon</b> was short-listed for the Booker Prize. He lives in Sydney, Australia.
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