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A River Town
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A River Town Paperback - 1996

by Keneally, Thomas

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The authos of the Booker Prize-winning, bestselling Schindler's List presents a novel about social justice and the inability of humans to hide from their own original sins--no matter how far they run. When Tim Shea leaves his native Ireland for Australia, he thinks he has escaped the prejudices and class structures for good. But it's only a matter of time before he realizes that his adopted country is no more free of intolerance that Great Britain.

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  • Title A River Town
  • Author Keneally, Thomas
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Thus
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 336
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Plume, New York, New York, U.S.A.
  • Date 1996-05-01
  • Bookseller's Inventory # U01I-00545
  • ISBN 9780452276550 / 0452276551
  • Weight 0.61 lbs (0.28 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.01 x 5.36 x 0.93 in (20.35 x 13.61 x 2.36 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Australian
  • Library of Congress subjects Domestic fiction, Historical fiction
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 95047911
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

From the publisher

Thomas Keneally has won international acclaim for his novels Schindler's Ark, Confederates, Gossip from the Forest, Playmaker, Woman of the Inner Sea, and A River Town. He is most recently the author of the biography American Scoundrel: The Life of the Notorious Civil War General Dan Sickles.

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  • New York Times, 05/19/1996, Page 40

About the author

Thomas Keneally has won international acclaim for his novels Schindler's Ark, Confederates, Gossip from the Forest, Playmaker, Woman of the Inner Sea, and A River Town. He is most recently the author of the biography American Scoundrel: The Life of the Notorious Civil War General Dan Sickles.