The Mango Tree by Ronald McKie
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The Mango Tree by Ronald McKie

SKU TBM9781920688097
AU$18.50
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Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor edgewear.

The Mango Tree is an evocative journey into a long-lost Australian childhood that won the Miles Franklin award in 1974.

It is a novel of a young man growing up in a country town in the early years of the 20th century that like a faded letter from a forgotten lover, evokes bitter-sweet memories of the dream days of youth in a world long past. As we follow Jamie through the joys and pains of growing up, a magic quality in the writing unlocks our own memories of childhood and adolescence so that we share with him again the delights of Christmas in the country, the sounds of the circus, the scent of horses, the tender fumblings of first love, the shock of sudden death.

This magical tour takes us through the town from Comino's Cafe to the Royal hotel, from the great mango tree of the title to the quiet river with its island of petrified gum trees. We meet Grandmother in her grey dress, stern but kindly; the Professor, a remittance man who drinks to escape a nameless past but who still has his moments of glory; poor, fated Maudie, the 'town bike', and her demonic guardian, Preacher Jones, ranting hell-fire and damnation to a terrible end; these and many more.

A nostalgic book full of laughter and tears, to be swallowed at a sitting or savoured slowly with delight. A tender, lyrical book. (publisher blurb)


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