The Road To Gundagai
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
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A vivid portrait of a boyhood suspended between two worlds, The Road to Gundagai chronicles Graham McInnes's extraordinary coming-of-age in Melbourne during the 1920s and 1930s, the son of a celebrated English mother — the novelist Angela Thirkell — navigating the sun-baked landscapes and social peculiarities of colonial Australian life. With warmth, wit, and an outsider's acutely observant eye, McInnes paints an unforgettable canvas of Depression-era Australia: its dusty suburbs, eccentric characters, and the raw, democratic energy of a nation still forging its identity. This memoir stands as a minor classic of Australian autobiographical writing, blending the intimacy of personal recollection with the broader sweep of cultural history. McInnes writes with a light, self-deprecating humour reminiscent of the finest English essayists, yet his affection for his adopted homeland is genuine and deeply felt. A new introduction by the distinguished Canadian man of letters Robertson Davies lends the work fresh literary authority, inviting a new generation of readers to discover why, of all the roads one might travel, the road to Gundagai remains one of the most beguiling.
Author: Graham Mcinnes
Format: Paperback
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
A vivid portrait of a boyhood suspended between two worlds, The Road to Gundagai chronicles Graham McInnes's extraordinary coming-of-age in Melbourne during the 1920s and 1930s, the son of a celebrated English mother — the novelist Angela Thirkell — navigating the sun-baked landscapes and social peculiarities of colonial Australian life. With warmth, wit, and an outsider's acutely observant eye, McInnes paints an unforgettable canvas of Depression-era Australia: its dusty suburbs, eccentric characters, and the raw, democratic energy of a nation still forging its identity. This memoir stands as a minor classic of Australian autobiographical writing, blending the intimacy of personal recollection with the broader sweep of cultural history. McInnes writes with a light, self-deprecating humour reminiscent of the finest English essayists, yet his affection for his adopted homeland is genuine and deeply felt. A new introduction by the distinguished Canadian man of letters Robertson Davies lends the work fresh literary authority, inviting a new generation of readers to discover why, of all the roads one might travel, the road to Gundagai remains one of the most beguiling.