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Literary Fiction · LightAn engineer sent to replace an old timber bridge meets a museum curator who opposes his work
The Idea of Perfection
1999401 pagesEasy readSteady pace
★ Women's Prize for Fiction, 2001
A shy engineer and an outspoken curator meet over an old bridge in a small Australian town
Karakarook is a fictional town in New South Wales. Douglas Cheeseman, a shy engineer, is hired to pull down an old timber bridge and replace it with a concrete one. There he meets Harley Savage, an outspoken museum curator, who is against his work. Picador published it in Australia in 1999.
More about this book
Who
Douglas Cheeseman, a shy engineer, and Harley Savage, an outspoken museum curator.
World
The fictional town of Karakarook, New South Wales.
What makes it different
The plot starts with a quarrel over an old bridge.
Feel
Gentle, observant and often funny.
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Further reading
- The Idea of PerfectionWikipedia