{"product_id":"tamarisk-row-paperback","title":"Tamarisk Row - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGerald Murnane\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClement Killeaton transforms his father's gambling, his mother's piety, his fellow pupils' cruelty and the mysterious but forbidden attractions of sex into an imagined world centred on horse-racing and played out in the dusty backyard of his home, across the landscapes of the district, and the continent of Australia. An unsparing evocation of a Catholic childhood in a country town in the late 1940s, \u003cem\u003eTamarisk Row's\u003c\/em\u003e lyrical prose is charged with the yearning, boredom, fear and fascination of boyhood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in Australia in 1974, and previously unpublished in the UK, \u003cem\u003eTamarisk Row\u003c\/em\u003e is Gerald Murnane's debut novel, and in many respects his masterpiece.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGerald Murnane is the award-winning author of such acclaimed works of fiction as \u003ci\u003eBorder Districts\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eInland\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBarley Patch\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Plains\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as the memoir \u003ci\u003eSomething for the Pain\u003c\/i\u003e. Murnane lives in the remote village of Goroke in the northwest of Victoria, near the border with South Australia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.94 x 7.72 x 5.04 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 03, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42159634808967,"sku":"9781911508366","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/2bdb01e44c5aa468eb003fc4aa539eda.webp?v=1733268070","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/tamarisk-row-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}