A Cry In The Jungle Bar (SIGNED)
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: Signed with inscription
Condition remarks: Boards - good. Binding - tight. Clean text.
Set against the vivid, sweltering backdrop of Southeast Asia, this literary novel chronicles the misadventures of an Australian agricultural scientist dispatched to Manila on a dubious mission to promote a new strain of pig feed. Robert Drewe crafts a darkly comic and satirical narrative that uncovers the absurdities of Western idealism colliding with the chaotic realities of a foreign culture, all while his hapless protagonist stumbles through a world of bureaucratic dysfunction, moral ambiguity, and unexpected desire. The tone is wry and irreverent, balancing sharp social commentary with moments of genuine pathos as the central character grapples with his own identity far from home. A Cry in the Jungle Bar illustrates with precision the disorientation of the outsider abroad, presenting a portrait of cultural dislocation that is both deeply funny and quietly unsettling. Winner of the National Book Council Award, it stands as one of Australian literature's most distinctive and accomplished works of comic fiction.
Author: Robert Drewe
Format: Hardback
Published: 1979, Collins
Genre: Modern fiction
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: Signed with inscription
Condition remarks: Boards - good. Binding - tight. Clean text.
Set against the vivid, sweltering backdrop of Southeast Asia, this literary novel chronicles the misadventures of an Australian agricultural scientist dispatched to Manila on a dubious mission to promote a new strain of pig feed. Robert Drewe crafts a darkly comic and satirical narrative that uncovers the absurdities of Western idealism colliding with the chaotic realities of a foreign culture, all while his hapless protagonist stumbles through a world of bureaucratic dysfunction, moral ambiguity, and unexpected desire. The tone is wry and irreverent, balancing sharp social commentary with moments of genuine pathos as the central character grapples with his own identity far from home. A Cry in the Jungle Bar illustrates with precision the disorientation of the outsider abroad, presenting a portrait of cultural dislocation that is both deeply funny and quietly unsettling. Winner of the National Book Council Award, it stands as one of Australian literature's most distinctive and accomplished works of comic fiction.