{"product_id":"poor-fellow-my-country-1975","title":"Poor Fellow My Country (1975)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cu\u003eSecond Hand\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eExcellent Condition\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom Australia's oldest publisher comes the longest Australian novel ever published. The winner of the 1975 Miles Franklin Award is now back in print with a new introduction by Russell McDougall.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePoor Fellow My Country\u003c\/i\u003e, Xavier Herbert returns to the region made his own in\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCapricornia\u003c\/i\u003e: Northern Australia. Ranging over a period of some six years, the story is set during the late 1930s and early 1940s, but it is not so much a tale of this period as Herbert's analysis and indictment of the steps by which we came to the Australia of today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHerbert parallels an intimate personal narrative with a tale of approaching war and the disconnect between modern Australia and its first inhabitants. With enduring portraits of a large cast of local and international characters, Herbert paints a scene of racial, familial and political disparity. He lays bare the paradoxes of this wild land, both old and wise, young and flawed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWinner of the Miles Franklin award on first publication in 1975,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePoor Fellow My Country\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis masterful storytelling, an epic in the truest sense. This is the decisive story of how Australia threw away her chance of becoming a true commonwealth and it is undoubtedly Herbert's supreme contribution to Australian literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWill we ever reach the dream of 'Australia Felix' - the happy south land?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Xavier Herbert","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43219489128617,"sku":"","price":12.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0424\/9518\/0962\/files\/herbert_44258751-5594-4a8d-be92-0e4bc51a3c86.jpg?v=1694145289","url":"https:\/\/roseyravelstonbooks.com.au\/products\/poor-fellow-my-country-1975","provider":"RoseyRavelston Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}