The Gift of Speed

Informationen zum Autor Steven Carroll was born in Melbourne. His first novel, Remember Me, Jimmy James , was published in 1992. The Art of the Engine Driver (2001) and The Gift of Speed (2004) were shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Award, which the final book in the trilogy, The Time We Have Taken , won in 2008. Steven Carroll lives in Melbourne with his partner and son. Klappentext In 1960 the West Indies arrive in Australia and Michael, who is sixteen, is enthralled. When the calypso chorus accompanying Frank Worrell and his team fades, Michael has leartn many things ... Zusammenfassung In 1960 the West Indies arrive in Australia and Michael, who is sixteen, is enthralled. When the calypso chorus accompanying Frank Worrell and his team fades, Michael has leartn many things ...

Product details

• Authors: Steven Carroll, Carroll Steven
• Publisher: Windmill Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 07.07.2011
• EAN: 9780099537281
• ISBN: 978-0-09-953728-1
• No. of pages: 368
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 23 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Sydney, FICTION / Coming of Age, FICTION / Sports, Australia, cricket, Sports fiction, Narrative theme: Coming of age, c 1960 to c 1970, c 1960 to c 1969