| Author: |
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Bernard Cohen
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| Title: |
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The Blindman's Hat |
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No copies available |
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| Published in: |
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English |
| Binding: |
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Paperback |
| Pages: |
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204 |
| Date: |
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1997-08-01 |
| ISBN: |
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1864483164 |
| Publisher: |
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Allen & Unwin |
| Weight: |
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0.44 pounds |
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5.12 x 7.56 x 0.63 inches |
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| Previous givers: |
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2 ssk (Australia), Jon (United Kingdom) |
| Previous moochers: |
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2 Frances Shaw (Australia), nikelbee (United Kingdom) |
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| Description: |
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Product Description
Winner, Australian/Vogel Literary Award 1996 Joint Winner, Best Young Australian Novelist, Sydney Morning Herald 1998 Vernon is an expatriate Australian journalist working in Manhattan for a quality New York daily and Dida is a freelance mobile telephone technician. Muffy is their little white dog, and the world's cutest urban philosopher. When Vernon falls so deeply in love with Dida he stops going to work to be with her, they could not have predicted his former employers would ask, plead, beg, threaten, kidnap and probably even murder to convince Vernon to return to the workplace. Vernon, Dida and Muffy determine to get to the bottom of all this. They search through dodgy Wall Street transactions, oppressive correspondence, muffled answering machine messages and undertake good twin/bad twin routines and failed hypnotherapy in their search for the truth. In the rare quiet moments, Vernon worries about his dwindling Australianness. The Blindman's Hat is Paul Auster with added exuberant silliness, Sara Paretsky stuffed full of red herrings, and Herge overcome by lust. 'Refreshingly paranoid ' Brian Castro
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ssk (Australia) (2008/04/22):
From the back cover...Vernon is an expat Autralian journalist working in Manhattan for a quality New York daily and Dida is a freelance mboile telephone technician. Muffy is a little white dog, and the world's cutest urban philosopher. When Vernon falls so deeply in love with Dida that he stops going to work to be with her, they could not have predicted his former employers would ask, plead, beg, threaten, kidnap and probably even murder to convince Vernon to return to the workplace. Vernon, Dida and Muffy determine to get to the bottm of this. They encounter dodgy Wall Street transactions, oppressive correspondence, muddled answering machine messages and undertake good twin/bad twin routines in their search for the truth. Through it all, Vernon worries about is dwindling Australianness. The Blindman's Hat is Paul Auster with added exuberant silliness, Sara Paretsky stuffeed full of red herrings and Jerge overcome by lust.
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http://bookmooch.com/1864483164 |
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