{"product_id":"2026200016017-secondhand-the-road-to-gundagai","title":"The Road To Gundagai","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA 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.\n\nThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49342772117723,"sku":"2026200016017-SECONDHAND","price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/26e7541d-bfd0-454a-9ea9-731e251000f1.png?v=1790048979","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200016017-secondhand-the-road-to-gundagai","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}