The Slow Natives
Author(s): Thea Astley
'If one saw behind the faces into the hearts, one would die.'A suburban couple have drifted into the shallows of middle-aged boredom. Their fourteen-year-old son is a stranger, meeting their attempts at love with hostile indifference. Surly at home, he is a dab hand at shoplifting and looks like sliding into delinquency.Moving from Brisbane to a country convent and the Gold Coast, the novel is a brilliant, witty portrait of the surface of ordinary life. The Leverson family and their connections appear normal but desire and inner emotion are never quite so simple.
Product Information
General Fields
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- : Penguin Publishing Group
- : Putnam Adult
- : 15 September 1993
- : books
Special Fields
- : Thea Astley
- : Hardback
- : 224