{"product_id":"2026600000337-secondhand-bairnsdale-portrait-of-an-australian-country-town-signed","title":"Bairnsdale: Portrait Of An Australian Country Town (SIGNED)","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdition: Limited Numbered and Signed Edition. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good                          \u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket - cloth\/board in good condition\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good                  \u003cbr\u003eMarkings: Signed\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: No. 85 of 150 copies. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA richly evocative work of local history and memoir, Bairnsdale: Portrait of an Australian Country Town chronicles the life and character of Bairnsdale, a regional town in Victoria's Gippsland region, through the keen literary eye of one of Australia's most celebrated prose stylists. Hal Porter draws on his own deep personal connection to the town, weaving together historical detail, social observation, and vivid personal recollection to paint a portrait that is as much about the rhythms of Australian country life as it is about one specific place. Written with Porter's signature wit and precise, almost baroque attention to language, the narrative illuminates the textures of small-town existence — its community bonds, its eccentricities, and its quiet dramas — across the decades of the twentieth century. The result is a work that transcends conventional local history, standing as a testament to the power of place in shaping identity and memory in the Australian experience.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48792163352795,"sku":"2026600000337-SECONDHAND","price":85.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/4326f596-f803-4462-b23b-03018a6ee60b.png?v=1779272840","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026600000337-secondhand-bairnsdale-portrait-of-an-australian-country-town-signed","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}