About this title: Two strangers arrive in an Australian mining town called Outer Maroo searching for their children who have joined a cult founded by a fundamentalist guru. Hospital uses the situation to explore the difference between false and true religion, the perils of xenophobia, and the impact of violence and evil on a community. A "New York Times" Notable ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Date Published: 03/1998
ISBN-13:9780393046182ISBN:0393046184
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 392 p. Ex-Library expected imperfections. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Random House of Canada, Limited
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780676970142ISBN:0676970141
Description: Very Good- in Good jacket. Type: Ex-Library All orders shipped media mail the following working day..402 PAGES. You won't find Outer Maroo on any map, and the people who live there intend to keep it that way. In Janette Turner Hospital's extraordinary new novel Oyster, this bleak, drought-stricken town in the Australian outback is home to a scant handful of religious fundamentalists and rowdy, gun-toting opal miners. United by their dislike for taxmen, the government, and "foreigners, " the ... read more
Description: Very Good. 0393046184 Library copy with mylar cover and library markings. Great service. Fast shipping. Saving trees 1 page at a time! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780393046182ISBN:0393046184
Description: A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. Dust Jacket has some edgewear present. -, Hard Cover, Very Good / Very Good. read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers! Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Book shows minor use. Cover and Binding have minimal wear and the pages have only minimal creases. A tradition of southern quality and service. All books guaranteed at the Atlanta Book Company. read more
Description: Very Good. Former Library book. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780393046182ISBN:0393046184
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Ex-library. Great reading condition, mylar jacket, normal library markings, pages clean to read, first non text page is clipped. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 392 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Co
Date Published: 1999-06-01
ISBN-13:9780393319361ISBN:0393319369
Description: Like New. May be shiny, in some instances dust jackets are not included, no missing pages, no damage to binding, may have a remainder mark. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780393319361ISBN:0393319369
Description: Good. No Jacket. Size: 5 1/2 x 8 "; Good Plus Softcover w/light shelfwear, light shelf soiling. Light edge/spine wear/chips. Text free of notes, binding good. Confirmation on all Domestic Orders! read more
Description: 1st American edition stated, 1st printing. Very Good/Very Good, hardcover with dust jacket. Tail of spine soft, top page edges lightly soiled. Otherwise book is crisp and tight, corners sharp, no markings. Unclipped DJ is a little soiled (dusty looking), has a some rubbing at spine ends, no chips, tears or creases. Novel set in the opal mines of Australia. read more
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