sort by Note: these are all the books on Goodreads for this author. I love getting to know a new, well-written character and it seems Mr Bower's talent is so deep as to bring to life any number of them. Books by Randolph Stow (Author of The Merry-Go-Round in the Sea) Books by Randolph Stow Randolph Stow Average rating 3.88 1,542 ratings 208 reviews shelved 4,039 times Showing 17 distinct works. I've listened to quite a good few books narrated by Humphrey Bower now and this is another jewel performance. Although set in another part of Australia and in another time to my own, The Merry-Go-Round and The Sea sparked many yearning nostalgias for me, which was a sweet kind of pain well-worth visiting. The Merry-Go-Round in the Sea By: Randolph Stow Narrated by: Humphrey Bower Length: 10 hrs and 24 mins Release date: 09-12-16 Language: English 7 ratings Regular price: 26. Such is the attentive care of the author. Maybe I don't remember a book that involved the sense of smell as much as vision, and I enjoyed this a lot. I often don't enjoy overly 'descriptive' books but this one danced the line beautifully. It's as if this book deliberately paints a detailed yet spledidly romantic view of young (white) Australia and too it's ancient bones so the reader can really appreciate the essence of the kinds of nostalgia available to us all, everywhere but particularity here, in glorious - and often inglorious - Australia. A beautiful, poetic honouring of Australia.
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