The Twyborn Affair [Mass Market Paperback]

Patrick White (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 1981

Eudoxia is the consort of an elderly Greek who fancies himself a Byzantine emporer, Eddie is a hired hand in the Australian outback and Eadith is the madam of a London brothel. The central character in this book appears to all three, in France in 1914 and in Australia and London 25 years later.

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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 432 pages
• Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics) (September 1, 1981)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0140055444
• ISBN-13: 978-0140055443
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.9 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,688,988 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Radiant, February 6, 2008

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P. Schumacher (atlanta, GA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Twyborn Affair (Penguin Classics) (Mass Market Paperback)

In his autobiography, Patrick White calls this one of his three best books.

(The other two: The Aunt's Story and The Solid Mandala.)

I agree.

It shimmers with his usual lustrous prose. And the journey of his main character through various incarnations--drag queen in Greece, WWI soldier in France, jackaroo (ranch hand) in Australia, and finally expatriate again in England--is little short of amazing.

It is also eye-opening about White himself, and his parents.

Brilliant stuff.

As always with White, while reading it you have the sense that you are not reading but listening to your own mind. Or listening to God's mind.

Wonderful.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another Classic, July 13, 2009

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Helpful consumer (Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Twyborn Affair (Penguin Classics) (Mass Market Paperback)

Fantastic exploration of a transvestites self discovery between Rural Australia and Europe.Set in a period between ww1 & 2.A writer of genius.If you read and like his books you will eventually return to read them all.Incomparable.