This is a fable of the sixties and the author's theme is illusion. His previous novels include "The Boys in the Island", "Across the Sea Wall" and "The Year of Living Dangerously".
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The new novel from the author of The Year of Living Dangerously is set in his native Australia. While recovering from polio, young Richard Miller becomes addicted to fairy tales and to his toy theater"life at one remove." A sense of life's doubleness is reinforced by his Catholic education in the truth of the Spirit as opposed to the Flesh. But at 17, in an affair with an older married woman, he's awakened to earthly entertainments, and some time later, entranced by the music of a folk group presided over by the elusive Mr. Broderick (master of the guitar and of occult arts), he quits school to pursue his own artistic ambitionsfirst as actor, then as producer. In the 1960s the folk group, now specializing in English and Scottish ballads, reappears and persuades the young producer to take them on. Their ensuing success is a fairy tale come trueevil potions and black magic included. By the end of this intriguing if somewhat heavy-handed allegory of good and evil, of art and religion, which probes the distinction between escapist and moral innocence, Richard is reconsidering the spiritual values of the Church. 25,000 first printing; $20,000 ad/promo. March 3
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.
About the Author
Christopher Koch is of Irish, English and German ancestry. For a good deal of his life he was a broadcasting producer, working for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in Sydney. He has lived and worked in London and elsewhere overseas. He has been a full-time writer since 1972, winning international praise and a number of awards for his five previous novels - many of which are translated in a number of European countries. In 1995, Koch was made an Officer of the Order of Australia for his contribution to Australian literature.
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