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Fields of Vision: Essays on Literature, Language and Television
$10.00 AUD
D.J.Enright's highly personal book surveys TV's treatment of the classics, the pains and pleasures of soap opera - "Coronation Street" and "Eastenders" - AIDS programmes and condom advertising, chat shows...
Life by Other Means
NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand...
Old Men and Comets
Old men and comets have been revered for the same reasons, said Swift - their long beards and their pretensions to foretell the future. And, in the case of old...
Man Is An Onion: Reviews And Essays
$25.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Good with some foxing. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Good. Sharp, witty, and uncompromising, D.J. Enright's Man is an...
Signs and Wonders: Selected Essays
Signs and Wonders offers an account of some of the most original and powerful writers of our age and of earlier times. The book is intended for the general reader,...
Fair Of Speech: The Uses Of Euphemism
$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodLanguage has always been a mirror held up to society, and nowhere is its capacity for disguise more brilliantly revealed than in the art...
The Faber Book of Fevers and Frets
$20.00 AUD
Author: D. J. EnrightBinding: HardbackPublished: Faber & Faber Limited, 1989Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: UnblemishedPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThe Faber Book of Fevers and Frets is an edited collection by D. J. Enright,...
Academic Year
This novel involves three expatriate Englishmen teaching in Egypt toward the end of King Farouk's glittering, corrupt reign. As a portrayal of English academics abroad, the book is full of...
The Faber Book of Fevers and Frets
The book titled The Faber Book of Fevers and Frets by the author D. J. Enright. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
St James Infirmary
As protestors against the war in Vietnam march in Australian streets, it is the end of the school year and boys in a Catholic school prepare for their final exams....
Country Girl: 'There's no-one like Edna O'Brien' (Anne Enright)
I thought of life's many bounties, to have known the extremities of joy and sorrow, love, crossed love and unrequited love, success and failure, fame and slaughter, to have read...
Cheri: 'Too good to miss' Anne Enright, Guardian
Author: Jo Ann Beard Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 96 Cheri has been living with cancer for many years. Now, she is dying. As she navigates the final weeks of...
The Green Road
A book about family, selfishness and compassion on Ireland's Atlantic coast, from the Booker Prize-winner. A book about family, selfishness and compassion on Ireland's Atlantic coast, from the Booker Prize-winner....
Cheri: 'Too good to miss' Anne Enright, Guardian
Cheri has been living with cancer for many years. Now, she is dying. As she navigates the final weeks of her life, and takes charge of the manner of her...
The Bright Side
The compelling memoir The Bright Side chronicles the remarkable journey of a celebrated athlete, offering an intimate look into the triumphs and tribulations of a professional sporting career. This inspiring...
Right Of Reply
$30.00 AUD
Author: John HarrisBinding: HardbackPublished: -, 1968Condition:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis compelling collection of essays presents incisive commentary on the pressing social and political issues of our time....
It's Not Cricket: Skullduggery, Sharp Practice and Downright Cheating
An eye-opening survey of cricket, from the crowd violence and blatant match-rigging of the eighteenth century, down to the twentieth century's glaring abuses of the spirit of the game. Written...
The Right Flyer: Gabriel Voisin, Henry Farman and the Archetype of Aeroplanes
$40.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: chipped and worn with some damagePages: Good Markings: No markingsThis book explores the pioneering achievements of Gabriel Voisin and Henry Farman in the early days of...