{"product_id":"9781460703243_poor-fellow-my-country","title":"Poor Fellow My Country","description":"\u003cp\u003e'\u003cem\u003ePoor Fellow My Country\u003c\/em\u003e is an Australian classic, perhaps THE Australian classic' - The Times Literary Supplement. From Australia's oldest publisher comes the longest Australian novel ever published. The winner of the 1975 Miles Franklin Award is now back in print with a new introduction by Russell McDougall. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003ePoor Fellow My Country\u003c\/em\u003e, Xavier Herbert returns to the region made his own in \u003cem\u003eCapricornia\u003c\/em\u003e: Northern Australia. Ranging over a period of some six years, the story is set during the late 1930s and early 1940s; but it is not so much a tale of this period as Herbert's analysis and indictment of the steps by which we came to the Australia of today. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHerbert parallels an intimate personal narrative with a tale of approaching war and the disconnect between modern Australia and its first inhabitants. With enduring portraits of a large cast of local and international characters, Herbert paints a scene of racial, familial and political disparity. He lays bare the paradoxes of this wild land, both old and wise, young and flawed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of the Miles Franklin award on first publication in 1975, \u003cem\u003ePoor Fellow My Country\u003c\/em\u003e is masterful storytelling, an epic in the truest sense. This is the decisive story of how Australia threw away her chance of becoming a true commonwealth and it is undoubtedly Herbert's supreme contribution to Australian literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWill we ever reach the dream of 'Australia Felix' - the happy south land?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Xavier Herbert","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46908421669013,"sku":"9781460703243","price":49.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9781460703243_1e4aa3e8-7da8-4da2-b78d-01fbaacf8e7d.jpg?v=1776890014","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9781460703243_poor-fellow-my-country","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}