Roger McDonald (1) (1941–)
Autore di Mr. Darwin's Shooter
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Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1941-06-23
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- Australia
- Luogo di nascita
- Young, New South Wales, Australia
- Luogo di residenza
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Tasmania, Australia
Queensland, Australia - Istruzione
- University of Sydney
The Scots College - Attività lavorative
- High School Teacher
radio and television producer
editor
writer
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Discussioni
ANZAC Author Reading Challenge 2015- (April) Roger McDonald & Alan Duff in 75 Books Challenge for 2015 (Luglio 2015)
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 21
- Opere correlate
- 2
- Utenti
- 809
- Popolarità
- #31,538
- Voto
- 3.5
- Recensioni
- 27
- ISBN
- 90
- Lingue
- 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.… (altro)