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OverviewHolden's Performance by award-winning author Murray Bail is the story of Holden Shadbolt, a guileless and matter-of-fact innocent as he passes through the cities and landscape of Australia. His reassuring silent presence and photographic memory make him useful to men of power and women who appear to need his protection. He is surrounded by larger than life figures whose exploits and adventures Holden follows--ex-Corporal Frank 'Bloodnut' McBee, the scrap dealer who woos his mother; his uncle Vern, a shortsighted proofreader who likes facts and eating newspaper with is breakfast cereal; and the crippled artist Harriet, whose twists and curves appeal to Holden as he holds to his own unswervingly straight lines. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Murray BailPublisher: St. Martins Press-3PL Imprint: St. Martins Press-3PL Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.476kg ISBN: 9780312420802ISBN 10: 0312420803 Pages: 384 Publication Date: 01 May 2002 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of print, replaced by POD We will order this item for you from a manufatured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviewsA work of dazzling imagination. -- Independent Holden's Performance is a triumph. -- The Australian Bail is a writer of great talent and extraordinary concentration. -- Melbourne Age Astonishing in its range . . . superbly written, much of it is like the click of a camera shutter in its sharpness and impassivity . . . extraordinarily wide-ranging and inventive. -- Times on Sunday A work of dazzling imagination. --Independent Holden's Performance is a triumph. --The Australian Bail is a writer of great talent and extraordinary concentration. --Melbourne Age Astonishing in its range . . . superbly written, much of it is like the click of a camera shutter in its sharpness and impassivity . . . extraordinarily wide-ranging and inventive. --Times on Sunday A work of dazzling imagination. Independent Holden's Performance is a triumph. The Australian Bail is a writer of great talent and extraordinary concentration. Melbourne Age Astonishing in its range . . . superbly written, much of it is like the click of a camera shutter in its sharpness and impassivity . . . extraordinarily wide-ranging and inventive. Times on Sunday A work of dazzling imagination. -- Independent Holden's Performance is a triumph. -- The Australian Bail is a writer of great talent and extraordinary concentration. -- Melbourne Age Astonishing in its range . . . superbly written, much of it is like the click of a camera shutter in its sharpness and impassivity . . . extraordinarily wide-ranging and inventive. -- Times on Sunday A work of dazzling imagination. - Independent Holden's Performance is a triumph. - The Australian Bail is a writer of great talent and extraordinary concentration. - Melbourne Age Astonishing in its range . . . superbly written, much of it is like the click of a camera shutter in its sharpness and impassivity . . . extraordinarily wide-ranging and inventive. - Times on Sunday A work of dazzling imagination. -- Independent Holden's Performance is a triumph. -- The Australian Bail is a writer of great talent and extraordinary concentration. -- Melbourne Age Astonishing in its range . . . superbly written, much of it is like the click of a camera shutter in its sharpness and impassivity . . . extraordinarily wide-ranging and inventive. -- Times on Sunday A work of dazzling imagination. -- Independent Holden's Performance is a triumph. -- The Australian Bail is a writer of great talent and extraordinary concentration. -- Melbourne Age Astonishing in its range . . . superbly written, much of it is like the click of a camera shutter in its sharpness and impassivity . . . extraordinarily wide-ranging and inventive. -- Times on Sunday A work of dazzling imagination. -- Independent Holden's Performance is a triumph. -- The Australian Bail is a writer of great talent and extraordinary concentration. -- Melbourne Age Astonishing in its range . . . superbly written, much of it is like the click of a camera shutter in its sharpness and impassivity . . . extraordinarily wide-ranging and inventive. -- Times on Sunday A work of dazzling imagination. -- Independent Holden's Performance is a triumph. -- The Australian Bail is a writer of great talent and extraordinary concentration. -- Melbourne Age Astonishing in its range . . . superbly written, much of it is like the click of a camera shutter in its sharpness and impassivity . . . extraordinarily wide-ranging and inventive. -- Times on Sunday A work of dazzling imagination. — Independent <br> Holden's Performance is a triumph. — The Australian <br> Bail is a writer of great talent and extraordinary concentration. — Melbourne Age <br> Astonishing in its range . . . superbly written, much of it is like the click of a camera shutter in its sharpness and impassivity . . . extraordinarily wide-ranging and inventive. — Times on Sunday <br> Author InformationMurray Bail's fiction, which includes Eucalyptus, Homesickness, The Drover's Wife and other Stories and Camouflage, has received many major awards, among them the Miles Franklin Award in Australia and the Commonwealth Writers Prize. He is also the author of the non-fiction works, Ian Fairweather and Longhand: A Writer's Notebook. He lives in Sydney Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |