{"product_id":"9780733640704","title":"Bodies of Men","description":"Author: Nigel Featherstone\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780733640704\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Hachette Australia\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 23 Apr 2019\u003cbr\u003ePages: 336 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the ACT Book of the Year 2020\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShortlisted for the 2019 Queensland Literary Awards - FICTION\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the 2020 ARA Historical Novel Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e2019 Canberra Critics Circle Award - FICTION\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'a beautiful, tender, captivating story' - Joanna Nell, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Single Ladies of Jacaranda Retirement Village\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'It is a tender, liberating love story, but, as Featherstone originally intended, a provoking one about our definitions of masculinity, bravery and courage.' - \u003ci\u003eCanberra Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'a novel about intimacy and devotion, the power of tenderness, the mysteries of time, presence, and absence, secrets revealed and withheld, and friendships between strangers emerging from dire circumstances' - \u003ci\u003eAustralian Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThere is nothing more important than love and refuge.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eEgypt, 1941. \u003c\/b\u003eOnly hours after disembarking in Alexandria, William Marsh, an Australian lieutenant at twenty-one, is face down in the sand, caught in a stoush with the Italian enemy. He is saved by James Kelly, a childhood friend from Sydney and the last person he expected to see. But where William escapes unharmed, not all are so fortunate. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWilliam is sent to supervise an army depot in the Western Desert, with a private directive to find an AWOL soldier: James Kelly. When the two are reunited, James is recovering from an accident, hidden away in the home of an unusual family - a family with secrets. Together they will risk it all to find answers.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSoon William and James are thrust headlong into territory more dangerous than either could have imagined.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'A beautifully written, tender and sensitive love story told within the tense and uncertain context of war.' - Karen Viggers, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Lightkeeper's Wife\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'This is a strangely gentle novel about wartime conflict, violence, and chaos.' - \u003ci\u003eSydney Morning Herald\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46465979121822,"sku":"ADS-9780733640704","price":32.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780733640704.jpg?v=1770010689","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780733640704","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}