![]() The war feels far removed from Geraldton in Western. I love getting to know a new, well-written character and it seems Mr Bower's talent is so deep as to bring to life any number of them. Author: Randolph Stow Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 416 In 1941, Rob Coram is six. I've listened to quite a good few books narrated by Humphrey Bower now and this is another jewel performance. ![]() Although set in another part of Australia and in another time to my own, The Merry-Go-Round and The Sea sparked many yearning nostalgias for me, which was a sweet kind of pain well-worth visiting. Such is the attentive care of the author. Maybe I don't remember a book that involved the sense of smell as much as vision, and I enjoyed this a lot. The war feels far removed from his world of aunties and cousins and the beautiful. I often don't enjoy overly 'descriptive' books but this one danced the line beautifully. ![]() It's as if this book deliberately paints a detailed yet spledidly romantic view of young (white) Australia and too it's ancient bones so the reader can really appreciate the essence of the kinds of nostalgia available to us all, everywhere but particularity here, in glorious - and often inglorious - Australia. ![]() ![]() A beautiful, poetic honouring of Australia. ![]()
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