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Wild abandon / Emily Bitto.

By: Publication details: Crows Nest, NSW : Allen & Unwin, 2021.Description: 435 pages ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781760879136
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • A823.4 23
Awards:
  • Winner 2022 Margaret and Colin Roderick Literary Award.
Summary: In the fall of 2011, a heartbroken young man flees Australia for the USA. Landing in the excessive, uncanny-familiar glamour and plenitude of New York City, Will makes a vow to say yes to everything that comes his way. By fate or random chance, Will's journey takes him deep into the American heartland where he meets Wayne Gage, a fast-living, troubled Vietnam veteran, would-be spirit guide and collector of exotic animals. These two men in crisis form an unlikely friendship, but Will has no idea just how close to the edge Wayne truly is...
List(s) this item appears in: Australian General Fiction | Awarded General Fiction
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In the fall of 2011, a heartbroken young man flees Australia for the USA. Landing in the excessive, uncanny-familiar glamour and plenitude of New York City, Will makes a vow to say yes to everything that comes his way. By fate or random chance, Will's journey takes him deep into the American heartland where he meets Wayne Gage, a fast-living, troubled Vietnam veteran, would-be spirit guide and collector of exotic animals. These two men in crisis form an unlikely friendship, but Will has no idea just how close to the edge Wayne truly is...

Winner 2022 Margaret and Colin Roderick Literary Award.

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