The Long Road of the Junkmailer - Holland, Patrick
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A lonely junkmailer, his bag full of real estate leaflets, wanders the streets of a sleeping subtropical city. With adventure in his heart, his search for letterboxes takes on epic proportions throughout the night as dream and reality collide. Accompanied by a host of bizarre companions--a girl who has forgotten how to cry, a Polish-Aboriginal clairvoyant, a mysterious ringmaster, and a tribe of watchful white tigers--the junkmailer is led on a quixotic journey through the nighttime streets of a city desperately in need of redemption. Assured, whimsical, and alive with unforgettable characters, this book examines the condition of the outsider.…mehr

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Produktbeschreibung
A lonely junkmailer, his bag full of real estate leaflets, wanders the streets of a sleeping subtropical city. With adventure in his heart, his search for letterboxes takes on epic proportions throughout the night as dream and reality collide. Accompanied by a host of bizarre companions--a girl who has forgotten how to cry, a Polish-Aboriginal clairvoyant, a mysterious ringmaster, and a tribe of watchful white tigers--the junkmailer is led on a quixotic journey through the nighttime streets of a city desperately in need of redemption. Assured, whimsical, and alive with unforgettable characters, this book examines the condition of the outsider.
Autorenporträt
Patrick Holland was short-listed for the Commonwealth Writer's Prize for Best First Book and he is the recipient of the 2010 Scott Prize. He is the author of The Mary Smokes Boys, The Source of the Sound, and Riding the Trains in Japan.