| The Playmaker Contributor(s): Keneally, Thomas (Author) |
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ISBN: 0671885111 ISBN-13: 9780671885113 Publisher: Touchstone Books OUR PRICE: $21.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 1993 Annotation: Keneally's magnificent story of a young officer in a penal colony during the founding days of Australia transports readers through layer after layer of life in Sydney Cove, Australia. Advertising in New York Review of Books and Village Voice Literary Supplement. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Historical - General - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Small Town & Rural |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 87013127 |
| Physical Information: 0.86" H x 5.72" W x 8.48" (1.00 lbs) 352 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Cultural Region - Australian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Contributor Bio(s): Keneally, Thomas: - Thomas Keneally began his writing career in 1964 and has published thirty-three novels since, most recently Crimes of the Father, Napoleon's Last Island, Shame and the Captives, and the New York Times bestselling The Daughters of Mars. His novels include Schindler's List, which won the Booker Prize in 1982, The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith, Gossip from the Forest, and Confederates, all of which were shortlisted for the Booker Prize. He has also written several works of nonfiction, including his boyhood memoir Homebush Boy, The Commonwealth of Thieves, and Searching for Schindler. He is married with two daughters and lives in Sydney, Australia. |