Montebello: A Memoir by Robert Drewe - ISBN: 9780143569046
Paperback
Childhood fascination, nuclear secrets, and islands haunted by the past.

Montebello: A Memoir

A Memoir

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  • Paperback

    304 pages

  • Release Date

    26 February 2014

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Summary

In this moving sequel to The Shark Net, and with his characteristic frankness, humour and cinematic imagery, Drewe travels to the Montebellos to visit the territory that has held his imagination since childhood.

‘Listen to me,’ my mother says. ‘They’ve let off an atom bomb today. Right here in W.A. Atom bombs worry the blazes out of me, and I want you at home.’

In the sleepy and conservative 1950s the British began a series of nuclear tests in the Montebello archipela…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780143569046
ISBN-10:014356904X
Author:Robert Drewe
Publisher:Penguin Random House Australia
Imprint:Penguin Random House Australia
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:304
Release Date:26 February 2014
Weight:244g
Dimensions:198mm x 130mm x 19mm
About The Author

Robert Drewe

Robert Drewe is the author of eight novels, four books of short stories, two plays, two memoirs and four other works of non-fiction. His work has been widely translated, won national and international prizes and been adapted for film, television, theatre and radio.

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