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In 1960 the West Indies arrive in Australia and Michael, who is sixteen, is enthralled. If, like his heroes, he has the gift of speed, he will move beyond his suburb into the great world ...As his summer unfolds, Michael realises that there are other ways to live. When the calypso chorus accompanying Frank Worrell and his team fades, Michael has leartn many things ...about his parents, a girl called Kathleen Marsden, and about himself. The Gift of Speed is a masterful blend of story-telling, memorable characters and a uniquely Australian sensibility by a novelist at the height of his powers.

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Book category Books in English Fiction & related items Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

• Full title: Gift of Speed
• Author: Steven Carroll
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 368
• EAN: 9780099537281
• ISBN: 0099537281
• ID: 04375801
• Publisher: Cornerstone
• Weight: 262 g
• Dimensions: 197 × 133 × 25 mm
• Date of publishing: 07. July 2011

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