A classic among Australian autobiographies, The Watcher on the Cast-Iron Balcony is Hal Porter's masterpiece. Recreating the rhythms of small-town life between the wars, it covers the author's first two decades. From the sensuality of his early boyhood experiences, Porter travels ever-observantly through his Bairnsdale school years to his first job as a cadet reporter. The shock of his mother's death, however, disturbs the pattern of his new adventures as a teacher, art student and actor in Melbourne.
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A classic among Australian autobiographies, The Watcher on the Cast-Iron Balcony is Hal Porter's masterpiece. Recreating the rhythms of small-town life between the wars, it covers the author's first two decades. From the sensuality of his early boyhood experiences, Porter travels ever-observantly through his Bairnsdale school years to his first job as a cadet reporter. The shock of his mother's death, however, disturbs the pattern of his new adventures as a teacher, art student and actor in Melbourne.
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Seller's Description:
F- in F- jacket. Signed by Author. F-/F-. 8vo. original red brown cloth gilt (trifling silverfishing tracking to endpapers, else clean & bright throughout) in dustwrapper (price-clipped, a trifle rubbed); pp. 256 (last blank). A nice copy, about fine. Flatsigned and dated by the author on the title page 'Hal Porter 25 XI 1963'. A collection of relevant newspaper clippings are loosely enclosed.
