The Mannequin Makers
Author: Cliff, Craig
ISBN: 9780857981622
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE AUSTRALIA
Year first published: 01 Aug 2013
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback / softback
Plt;bPgt;Plt;iPgt;The Mannequin MakersPlt;/iPgt; is at turns a gothic tale of a fatherP#8217;s obsession, a castaway story worthy of a Plt;iPgt;BoyP#8217;s OwnPlt;/iPgt; adventure and a thorny remembrance of past tragedies.Plt;/bPgt;
Plt;bPgt;Plt;iPgt;The Mannequin MakersPlt;/iPgt; is at turns a gothic tale of a fatherP#8217;s obsession, a castaway story worthy of a BoyP#8217;s Own adventure and a thorny remembrance of past tragedies.Plt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;iPgt;Plt;/iPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;iPgt;The skin was as near white as porcelain, but looked as if it would give to the touch. What manner of wood had he used? What tools to exact such detail? What paints, tints or stains to flush her with life?Plt;/iPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;So wonders the window dresser Colton Kemp when he sees the first mannequin of his new rival, a man the inhabitants of Marumaru simply call The Carpenter. Rocked by the sudden death of his wife and inspired by a travelling Vaudeville company, Kemp decides to raise his children to be living mannequins. What follows is a tale of art and deception, strength and folly, love and transgression, that ranges from small town New Zealand to the graving docks of the River Clyde and an inhospitable rock in the Southern Ocean to SydneyP#8217;s northern beaches. Along the way we meet a Prussian strongman, a family of shipP#8217;s carvers with a mysterious affliction, a septuagenarian surf lifesaver and a talking figurehead named Vengeance.
ISBN: 9780857981622
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE AUSTRALIA
Year first published: 01 Aug 2013
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback / softback
Plt;bPgt;Plt;iPgt;The Mannequin MakersPlt;/iPgt; is at turns a gothic tale of a fatherP#8217;s obsession, a castaway story worthy of a Plt;iPgt;BoyP#8217;s OwnPlt;/iPgt; adventure and a thorny remembrance of past tragedies.Plt;/bPgt;
Plt;bPgt;Plt;iPgt;The Mannequin MakersPlt;/iPgt; is at turns a gothic tale of a fatherP#8217;s obsession, a castaway story worthy of a BoyP#8217;s Own adventure and a thorny remembrance of past tragedies.Plt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;iPgt;Plt;/iPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;iPgt;The skin was as near white as porcelain, but looked as if it would give to the touch. What manner of wood had he used? What tools to exact such detail? What paints, tints or stains to flush her with life?Plt;/iPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;So wonders the window dresser Colton Kemp when he sees the first mannequin of his new rival, a man the inhabitants of Marumaru simply call The Carpenter. Rocked by the sudden death of his wife and inspired by a travelling Vaudeville company, Kemp decides to raise his children to be living mannequins. What follows is a tale of art and deception, strength and folly, love and transgression, that ranges from small town New Zealand to the graving docks of the River Clyde and an inhospitable rock in the Southern Ocean to SydneyP#8217;s northern beaches. Along the way we meet a Prussian strongman, a family of shipP#8217;s carvers with a mysterious affliction, a septuagenarian surf lifesaver and a talking figurehead named Vengeance.
