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The Contemptuary

(Paperback)


Publishing Details

Full Title:

The Contemptuary

Contributors:

By (Author) David Foster

ISBN:

9781925780031

Publisher:

Puncher and Wattmann

Imprint:

Puncher and Wattmann

Publication Date:

15th October 2018

Country:

Australia

Classifications

Readership:

General

Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:

Fiction

Other Subjects:

Crime and mystery fiction

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Paperback

Number of Pages:

174

Dimensions:

Width 148mm, Height 210mm

Description

Monasteries and gaols: David Foster, reflects that during the course of his life the monasteries have emptied while the gaols are doing nicely. Set in Goulburn and its surrounds, where Foster resides, The Contemptuary is a lament for a dying faith, a commentary on prison life and, perhaps unexpectedly from Foster in this, his sixteenth novel, an unputdownable whodunnit.

'Attempt to characterise Foster's writing and eventually one will run out of adjectives. There is simply no one remotely like him in contemporary Australian fiction. He is so far ahead of everyone else that it's not funny.' Australian Book Review

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