The Second Bridegroom

By Rodney Hall

The first novel in a trilogy by the winner of the Miles Franklin Award, Australia's most presitigious literary prize, who has been compared to Joyce, Faulkner and Marquez. Set in the early nineteenth century, it tells the story of a young English convict transported to an Australian colony, where he escapes into the bush and becomes the adopted member of an Aborigine clan.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374256683
• ISBN13: 9780374256685
• Release Date: September 1991
• Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
• Length: 214 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.5" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

A GREAT STORY

I loved this book. It has a dream-like feel. I grew to like F.J. The last few pages holds a surprise. Read "The Grisly Wife" for a (brief) mention of F.J.