Roger McDonald (1) (1941–)
Autor(a) de Mr. Darwin's Shooter
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Obras por Roger McDonald
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Conhecimento Comum
- Data de nascimento
- 1941-06-23
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- Australia
- Local de nascimento
- Young, New South Wales, Australia
- Locais de residência
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Tasmania, Australia
Queensland, Australia - Educação
- University of Sydney
The Scots College - Ocupações
- High School Teacher
radio and television producer
editor
writer
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Discussions
ANZAC Author Reading Challenge 2015- (April) Roger McDonald & Alan Duff em 75 Books Challenge for 2015 (Julho 2015)
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 21
- Also by
- 2
- Membros
- 804
- Popularidade
- #31,726
- Avaliação
- 3.4
- Críticas
- 27
- ISBN
- 90
- Línguas
- 3
Confessional: reading Mr. Darwin's Shooter was like walking down a gravel road barefoot. Much of my effort was spent gingerly picking through the sentences, hoping to land on ones more comfortable and less complicated. McDonald chose to cram a lot of sharp edges into his short book. The running commentary on 19th century culture and society was important to keep the reader grounded in the time period, but ended up ensnaring and slogging the plot. Here is how I know I book will not hold my interest - I can't remember what was happening when I left off reading. I don't remember the last character on the page or what they did or said. Darwin isn't even introduced until nearly 150 pages in.… (mais)