EAN: 9781529345100

THE DICKENS BOY - THOMAS KENEALLY KARTONIERT (TB)

By the Booker-winning author of Schindler's Ark  a vibrant novel about Charles Dickens' son and
his little-known adventures in the Australian Outback. In 1868  Charles Dickens dispatches his
youngest child  sixteen-year-old Edward  to Australia. Posted to a remote sheep station in New
South Wales  Edward discovers that his father's fame has reached even there  as has the gossip
about his father's scandalous liaison with an actress. Amid colonists  ex-convicts  local
tribespeople and a handful of eligible young women  Edward strives to be his own man - and keep
secret the fact that he's read none of his father's novels. Conjuring up a life of
sheep-droving  horse-racing and cricket tournaments in a community riven with tensions and
prejudice  the story of Edward's adventures also affords an intimate portrait of Dickens'
himself. This vivacious novel is classic Keneally: historical figures and events re-imagined
with verve  humour and compassion.

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