{"product_id":"2026200015076-secondhand-dadda-jumps-over-two-elephants","title":"Dadda Jumps Over Two Elephants","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Wear and tear with damage\u003cbr\u003ePages: Tanning and foxing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom one of Australia's most beloved storytellers comes Dadda Jumps Over Two Elephants, a vivid collection of short stories that captures the raw, sun-scorched soul of mid-twentieth century Australian life. D'Arcy Niland chronicles the everyday struggles, absurdities, and quiet triumphs of ordinary men and women — larrikins, battlers, dreamers, and drifters — rendered with remarkable warmth and an unerring ear for authentic dialogue.\n\nNiland's prose is deceptively simple yet charged with emotional depth, drawing on the great Australian tradition of yarn-spinning to illuminate universal truths about human resilience and the bonds of community. His stories carry the same gritty realism and compassionate humour that defined his celebrated novel The Shiralee, presenting a Australia that is both intensely local and profoundly human. Readers who think they know the Australian short story will find themselves surprised by just how much heart Niland packs into each page.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49203199213787,"sku":"2026200015076-SECONDHAND","price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/7d1c43a7-c8e7-42e4-aaff-50fffd74efa4.png?v=1788145473","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200015076-secondhand-dadda-jumps-over-two-elephants","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}