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The
2003 Award
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An Innocent Gentleman by Elizabeth Jolley
Nominated by:
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Publisher of Nominated Edition: Viking Australia ISBN : 0670912158 |
| the complete A-Z listing of nominated authors. |
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ABOUT
THE BOOK
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| Henry
and Muriel's life on the new estate is relatively harmonious, despite the
vulgar neighbours, The Tonkettes, the Second World War and the regular Sunday
visits from Muriel's mother, who believes her daughter has married far below
her station. The accidental (?) appearance of Mr. Hawthorne, Muriel's student, at their house one Sunday afternoon brings unexpected upheavals. Here is a man of respectable breeding, of munificent means and someone capable of refined, intelligent conversation. Mr. Hawthorne has something to offer everyone in the family, but his posting to London disturbs the delicate balance of personal affairs…. |
| ABOUT THE AUTHOR |
| Elizabeth Jolley was born in the industrial midlands of England and moved to Western Australia in 1959. She is acclaimed as one of Australia's leading writers and has received an Order of Australia and honorary doctorates from WAIT, Macquarie and Queensland universities and the University of New South Wales, as well as many major Australian awards for her fiction. Her work includes short fiction, a collection of essays and fifteen novels, of which The Well won the Miles Franklin Award, Mr. Scobie's Riddle and My Father's Moon the Age Book of the Year Award and The Georges' Wife the National Book Council Award for Fiction. |
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Find out more about the author on the following websites: A
brief biography of Elizabeth Jolley.
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