The Well-dressed Explorer
Through the drifting life of a young journalist, Thea Astley's third novel explores vanity, stagnation, and the strains of marriage. Its sharp imagery and dense prose let urban comedy and loneliness coexist.
Australian literaturemarriagejournalismvanityalienation
Work Information
A novel that captures modern vanity and loneliness through the life of a restless reporter.
Known as one of Thea Astley's key early novels, it continued to circulate through later reprints. Its style mixes wit and bite to portray a protagonist's hollow success and the tensions of family life.
Book Information
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Published
- 1988-07-05
- Pages
- 256 pages
- Language
- 英語
- Size
- 17.78 x 2.54 x 12.7 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9780140098822
- ISBN-10
- 0140098828
- Price
- 6422 JPY
- Category
- 洋書/Literature & Fiction/Contemporary
George Brewster, an Australian journalist, travels from city to city and mistress to mistress convinced of his own wisdom
Related Literary Awards
- Miles Franklin Literary Award Edition 6 (1962) ・Winner・Winner