A Victim Of The Aurora (SIGNED)
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Edition: 1st uk ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Signed
Condition remarks: unclipped dj; light foxing on book block.
Amid the frozen wastes of Antarctica, a murder shatters the fragile brotherhood of a polar expedition — and in A Victim of the Aurora, Thomas Keneally transforms the heroic age of Antarctic exploration into a gripping whodunit of secrets, honour, and survival. Set against the treacherous backdrop of a British expedition to the South Pole, the novel chronicles the discovery of a body and the desperate efforts of one man to unmask a killer before the relentless ice claims them all. The isolation of the polar landscape amplifies every tension, every whispered suspicion, as men who depend on one another for survival are forced to confront the darkest corners of human nature. Keneally — already celebrated for his rich historical imagination — brings his characteristic moral seriousness and atmospheric precision to this tale, weaving together the grand narrative of Edwardian exploration with the intimate mechanics of classic crime fiction. The frozen continent becomes as much a character as any of the men who dare to cross it, indifferent and magnificent, pressing down on the guilty and innocent alike. Signed by the author on the title page, this first edition is a remarkable artefact of one of Australia's most distinguished literary careers — and a novel that leaves the reader questioning whether justice can survive at the ends of the earth.
Author: Thomas Keneally
Format: Hardback
Published: 1977, Collins
Genre: Historical fiction
Edition: 1st uk ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Signed
Condition remarks: unclipped dj; light foxing on book block.
Amid the frozen wastes of Antarctica, a murder shatters the fragile brotherhood of a polar expedition — and in A Victim of the Aurora, Thomas Keneally transforms the heroic age of Antarctic exploration into a gripping whodunit of secrets, honour, and survival. Set against the treacherous backdrop of a British expedition to the South Pole, the novel chronicles the discovery of a body and the desperate efforts of one man to unmask a killer before the relentless ice claims them all. The isolation of the polar landscape amplifies every tension, every whispered suspicion, as men who depend on one another for survival are forced to confront the darkest corners of human nature. Keneally — already celebrated for his rich historical imagination — brings his characteristic moral seriousness and atmospheric precision to this tale, weaving together the grand narrative of Edwardian exploration with the intimate mechanics of classic crime fiction. The frozen continent becomes as much a character as any of the men who dare to cross it, indifferent and magnificent, pressing down on the guilty and innocent alike. Signed by the author on the title page, this first edition is a remarkable artefact of one of Australia's most distinguished literary careers — and a novel that leaves the reader questioning whether justice can survive at the ends of the earth.