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The Idea of Perfection
The Idea of Perfection
The Idea of Perfection
Audiobook10 hours

The Idea of Perfection

Written by Kate Grenville

Narrated by Odette Joannidis

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

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About this audiobook

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...
LanguageEnglish
Release dateNov 24, 2017
ISBN9781528800396
The Idea of Perfection
Author

Kate Grenville

KATE GRENVILLE was born in Sydney, Australia. Her bestselling novel The Secret River has won numerous international awards, including the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Best Book. It was also a finalist for the Man Booker Prize and the Miles Franklin Award. The Idea of Perfection won the Orange Prize for Fiction, Britain’s most valuable literary award. Grenville is also the author of several other novels and three books on the craft of writing. She lives in Sydney with her family. Visit her online at kategrenville.com.

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  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    A beautifully written and evocative story. The characters are both flawed and colourful and the narration is excellent.
  • Rating: 1 out of 5 stars
    1/5
    Sharp as a knife. Grenville's characters are portrayed with clarity and occasional cruelty. Life in a small town, insecurities, personalities and personal historiesall are brought into focus.
  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5
    Terrible narration, spoiled the book for me. Don't listen, read.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Excellent book and very well read, I enjoyed it tremendously
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Loved getting inside the heads of this group of quirky characters and would have enjoyed seeing further into their stories.
  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5
    Subtle, reticent, but filled with superfluous flights of whimsy and way too light on actual substance for my liking.
    Despite its length it managed to leave two key plot questions unanswered: who or what caused the fire in Freddy Chang’s butcher shop, and just what became of Freddy himself? Perhaps I fell asleep during that part.