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Title: Hunting the Wild Pineapple

Author: Thea Astley

Narrator: James Wright

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 1 min

Language: English

Release date: 07-08-09

Publisher: Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Leverson, the narrator at the centre of these stories, calls himself a "people freak". Seduced by north Queensland's sultry beauty and unique strangeness, he is as fascinated by the invading hordes of misfits from the south as by the old established Queenslanders. Leverson's ironical yet compassionate view makes every story, every incident, a pointed example of human weakness - or strength.

©1979 Thea Astley; (P)2009 Bolinda Publishing

Editorial Reviews:

Imagine James Joyces Dubliners displaced to the tropical milieu of North Queensland and narrated by a wry, painfully self-aware and keenly perceptive middle-aged "monopod" failure named Leverson and youll come close award-winning Australian author Thea Astleys superb collection of short stories, originally released in 1979, that run the gamut of human emotion and experience in its depiction of a varied cast of island denizens.

James Wrights soulful performance masterfully captures the subtle undercurrent of optimism and warmth that runs through Leversons acerbic observations as well as the mosaic of Australian cadences and eccentric personalities that populate Astley's wonderfully realized Hunting the Wild Pineapple.

Members Reviews:

Entertaining!

Enjoyed this book, without doubt! Wonderful storytelling, backed up with a variety filled with charm, wit and little hint of humour.