Title The gift of speed / Steven Carroll

Published Pymble, Sydney, N.S.W. : Fourth Estate, 2004 Pymble, N.S.W. : HarperCollins, 2004 ©2004

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W'PONDS	827.03 C3194 A6/G		AVAILABLE

Description 353 pages ; 21 cm regular print Summary Set during the glorious summer of 1960/61, The Gift of Speed chronicles the lives, fates and fortunes of a memorable group of characters in a fictitious outer-Melbourne suburb in the post-WWII era Notes Shortlisted for the 2005 Miles Franklin Award Miles Franklin Literary Award, 2005 shortlist Subject Relationships -- Australia -- Fiction Relationships Life -- Fiction. Suburban life -- Fiction. Relationships -- Fiction Teenagers -- Fiction. Australian fiction. Family saga -- Fiction Relationships -- Australia -- Fiction Teenage boys -- Australia -- Fiction. Cricket matches -- Australia -- Fiction. Families -- Fiction. Interpersonal relations -- Fiction. Suburban life -- Australia -- Fiction. SUBJECT Australia -- Fiction. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007100473 Genre/Form Australian fiction Bildungsromans. LC no. 2005440649 ISBN 0732278325 paperback

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