The Gambling Ghost: And Other Tales
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Previous owner
A celebrated collection of Australian short fiction, The Gambling Ghost: And Other Tales presents Dal Stivens at his most inventive and irreverent, blending dry wit, folklore, and the absurd into a distinctly antipodean voice. The stories chronicle a vivid cast of larrikins, dreamers, and eccentrics navigating the quirks of everyday Australian life, often with a supernatural or tall-tale twist that keeps the tone playfully unpredictable. Stivens illustrates a masterful command of comic timing and deadpan storytelling, drawing on the rich tradition of the bush yarn while infusing each tale with sharp social observation. The result is a collection that is simultaneously rooted in Australian cultural identity and broadly entertaining, cementing Stivens's reputation as one of the great craftsmen of the short story form in the twentieth century.
Author: Dal Stivens
Format: Hardback
Published: 1953, Angus and Robertson
Genre: Anthology
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Previous owner
A celebrated collection of Australian short fiction, The Gambling Ghost: And Other Tales presents Dal Stivens at his most inventive and irreverent, blending dry wit, folklore, and the absurd into a distinctly antipodean voice. The stories chronicle a vivid cast of larrikins, dreamers, and eccentrics navigating the quirks of everyday Australian life, often with a supernatural or tall-tale twist that keeps the tone playfully unpredictable. Stivens illustrates a masterful command of comic timing and deadpan storytelling, drawing on the rich tradition of the bush yarn while infusing each tale with sharp social observation. The result is a collection that is simultaneously rooted in Australian cultural identity and broadly entertaining, cementing Stivens's reputation as one of the great craftsmen of the short story form in the twentieth century.