Henry Goes Bush
$24.50
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
28 April 2026
Summary
The price of genius is one hell of a hangover.
In 1892, New South Wales’ most promising writer and least promising teetotaller, Henry Lawson, is banished to Bourke to ‘find the real bush’. The goal: sober up, gather fresh material, and stop being such a disappointment. But what Australia’s favourite literary son discovers in the river town is less a glorious national frontier than a collective nervous breakdown.
History records this as the trip that defined his career. Wayne M…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781761770142 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1761770144 |
| Author: | Wayne Marshall |
| Publisher: | Pan Macmillan Australia |
| Imprint: | Picador Australia |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 28 April 2026 |
| Weight: | 412g |
| Dimensions: | 31mm x 231mm x 155mm |
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About The Author
Wayne Marshall
Wayne Marshall is an Australian writer and musician. His stories have appeared in Overland, Island, Going Down Swinging, and other publications. He is the author of the short story collection Shirl, which was shortlisted for a Victorian Premier’s Literary Award. He is the co-founder of the Peter Carey Short Story Award and lives in regional Victoria. Henry Goes Bush is his first novel.
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