Baudin's Last Breath [Paperback]

Victor Barker (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 22, 2005

A fast-moving post-modern literary fiction with a touch of magic realism. Swashbuckling eighteenth century French captain on voyage for Napoleon draws a modern seaman into a haunted world of secret societies, a chest of secret papers, a stolen skull and the beautiful woman who stowed away.

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About the Author

Victor Barker, born in England, has lived and worked in Europe, Africa, the South Pacific and Australia as a novelist, writer-in-residence, lecturer in creative writing, poet, newspaper reporter and scriptwriter. In his youth, Victor Barker spent years as a deckhand on merchant ships and then as an international journalist. He lives in Tasmania and France. In 2005 he acquired his backlist and set up his own imprint - Snug House Publishing - under the wing of BookSurge LLC. His published fiction includes: Baudin’s Last Breath - Limited edition published Crawford House for Adelaide Writers Week 2002. First full edition by Snug House Publishing 2005. An author tracks French explorer to southern seas where his characters are hi-jacked. The Tangier Script - First published by Simon & Schuster 1991; Editions Fédérop, France, 2001. Published by Snug House Publishing 2005. Contemporary film makers encounter spies, spooks and saints in time-warp tale. Victor Barker has spent considerable time in Tangier over the past thirty years. The Truth of Everything – First published by Simon & Schuster 1993. Published by Snug House Publishing 2006. Con-man guru stumbles on the truth of everything in journey through diverse religious sects. The author has sought knowledge in cafés, bar, monasteries, ashrams and esoteric schools all over the world. Krate The Fool - published by Snug House Publishing 2005. A carer in a residential home for intellectually handicapped people is drawn into the reality of resident Krate – an idiot savant. Victor Barker worked with psychiatrists, shamans and spirit men and was a regular visitor to a residential home for mentally handicapped people. The Manatee Published by Snug House Publishing 2006.George Pickering seeks his magic past in the fens and and woods of East Suffolk. Critical reviews "A literary citizen of the world" - Sydney Morning Herald; "Fascinating" – The Australian; “Mesmerising” – Australian Bookseller; “Wry humour” – Times Literary Supplement. The Tangier Script and The Truth Of Everything were named “Books of the Year” Australia 1991 and 1993. The Australia Council for the Arts awarded him a six month residency in Paris in 1998. Represented in U.K. and Europe by Agence Litteraire Lora Fountain &Associates, Paris; in Australasia by Curtis Brown, Sydney.

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: BookSurge Australia (December 22, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1921019255
• ISBN-13: 978-1921019258
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.8 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #904,417 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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