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The Idea of Perfection
- Author
- Kate Grenville
- Narrator
- Odette Joannidis
- Publisher
- W. F. Howes Ltd
- Publish Date
- 24 November 2017
- Run Time
- 10 hours 43 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Douglas is there to pull down a quaint old bridge and Harley aims to foster heritage. They are clearly on a collision course - but when they meet they are unaware that something unexpected is going to happen...
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- Author
- Kate Grenville
- Narrator
- Odette Joannidis
- Duration
- 10 hours 43 minutes
- Release Date
- 24 November 2017
- ISBN
- 9781528800396
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- W. F. Howes Ltd
- Genre
- Fiction: general and literary
Synopsis
Set in the eccentric backwater of Karakarook (pop. 1374) New South Wales, this is the story of Douglas Cheeseman, a shy and clumsy engineer with jug-ears who meets Harley Savage, a woman who is known for being rather large and abrupt.Douglas is there to pull down a quaint old bridge and Harley aims to foster heritage. They are clearly on a collision course - but when they meet they are unaware that something unexpected is going to happen...
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