{"product_id":"rigbys-romance-9781513134338","title":"Rigby's Romance","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRigby’s Romance\u003c\/i\u003e (1921) is a novel by Joseph Furphy. Written under his pseudonym “Tom Collins,” \u003ci\u003eRigby’s Romance\u003c\/i\u003e is a sequel of sorts to \u003ci\u003eSuch is Life\u003c\/i\u003e, a unique and challenging story that took decades to achieve a proper audience. Earning comparisons to the works of Melville and Twain, Furphy’s novel is considered a landmark of Australian literature. “Just as a bale of wool is dumped, by hydraulic pressure, to less than half its normal size, I scientifically compressed something like twenty-four hours' sleep into the interval between 9 p.m. and 7 a.m. Then a touch of what you call dyspepsia and I call laziness, kept me debating with myself for another swift-running hour.” Between such beguiling narration and lively conversations with the characters he meets on his travels through the Australian outback, Tom Collins presents himself as a philosophizing everyman, a prototype of such characters as Joyce’s Leopold Bloom and Beckett’s Molloy. Journeying in search of his friend Jefferson Rigby, a gentleman and adventurer like himself, Collins reflects on their history together and longs for his company. When the two meet up, they engage in a long discussion on politics and the nature of humanity, touching on topics as strange and diverse as Australia’s legendary wildlife. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Joseph Furphy’s \u003ci\u003eRigby’s Romance\u003c\/i\u003e is a classic work of Australian literature reimagined for modern readers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"West Margin Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359482872151,"sku":"9781513134338","price":13.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781513134338.jpg?v=1754124782","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/rigbys-romance-9781513134338","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}