| Description |
435 pages ; 24 cm |
| Summary |
In spring of 2011, a young Australian man travels to the USA. It is a quest of sorts, a quest as old as narrative itself: a young man striking out from home in search of experience and culture, which he associates with that talismanic word, America. Beginning in the excessive, uncanny-familiar glamour and plenitude of New York City, Will crashes with expat chef and former nemesis Paul, and his girlfriend Justine, a rising star in the art scene. From here, he embarks on a doomed road trip into the American heartland, where he meets Wayne Gage. This charismatic, fast-living and deeply damaged Vietnam veteran, collector of exotic animals and would-be spirit guide, draws Will towards the dark conclusion of his journey. Wild Abandon is a headlong tumble through the falling world of end-days capitalism, a haunting, hyperreal snapshot of our own strange times and what it means to be a tourist, or indeed a human, within them |
| Subject |
Australians -- United States -- Fiction
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Veterans -- Fiction
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Friendship -- Fiction
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Australian fiction
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Tourists -- Fiction
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Young men -- Fiction
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Friendship -- Fiction
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| SUBJECT |
New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction
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Middle West -- Fiction
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| Genre/Form |
Reading nook.
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| LC no. |
jb2021066846 |
| ISBN |
9781760879136 |
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1760879134 |
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