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A Long Way from Home
- Narrated by: Amos Phillips, Eloise Oxer
- Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins
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A Long Way from Home
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Publisher's Summary
Australia's master novelist takes us on the journey of a lifetime. Carey's most ambitious story since True History of the Kelly Gang: A Celebration and Interrogation of the Australia of Peter's Childhood. He takes us on a wild ride around the country in 1954 by way of the famous Redex car trial, during which our protagonist, Willy Bachhuber, learns the poignant truth of his troubled past.
It's a tender and wonderfully wry portrait of Australia in the 1950s, reminiscent of Illywhacker in concerns and some characters.
We're in Bacchus Marsh in the 1950s, with car salesmen, an early aviator, and the lives of Irene Bobs and Willy Bachhuber. The striking Irene is ahead of her time, a fearless, big-hearted, independently minded woman. Her next door neighbour Willy seems to be constantly in flight from his own life. He lacks social confidence but is extremely well read, so much so that he's a radio quiz champ. And he has a particular fondness for maps. When Irene's husband, Titch, decides to enter the Redex trial, Irene goes with him as codriver, and Willy as navigator.
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- Amazon Customer
- 13-04-2018
universal message
Excellent and informative. Even though the topic is Australian, the theme is universal and accessible
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- Jane Harpur
- 10-03-2018
Production not Performance
What didn’t you like about Amos Phillips and Eloise Oxer ’s performance?
Enjoyed these narrators but I thought the production poor. Quite often words missing from the end of sentences.
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- AndreaX
- 16-09-2019
Don’t give up in this, keep going
This is a really interesting story with a mix of fact, faction and fiction. The narrators make it easy and enjoyable listening but even more they make a challenging read a story that is easy to follow. We all need to learn the truth of colonisation and novels like this might help to bring the truth to a wider audience.
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- Paul Blundell
- 29-10-2018
Excellent, but drifted at the end.
Loved most of it but found the main characters unresolved at the end. Performance was strong.
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- Anonymous User
- 07-10-2019
disappointed with the ending
Eventually got in to the book but disappointed with the ending. my book club felt the same too.
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