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A Year Down the Drain
Mark MacLean
其他書名
Walking in Styx Creek, January to December
出版Hunter Press, 2011
主題Biography & Autobiography / Personal MemoirsNature / General
ISBN09807377109780980737714
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=cvJ5MwEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋This book tells the story of author Mark MacLean's year walking a concrete drain in suburban Newcastle with his cairn terrier, Jambo.The River Styx was the barrier between Earth and the Underworld in Greek mythology. In the mid-nineteenth century the name was also given to a small creek in that ran along Newcastle's western border. The story of what happened to Styx Creek and how it became a vast, straight "drain" that slices through the suburbs of Newcastle, forms the backdrop to this book. Equal parts diary, inquiry and observation, A Year Down the Drain invites you on a journey with the author into Newcastle's watery underworld.'An enchanting read' (Peter Beale, Newcastle Herald)'Completely delightful' (Richard Fidler, ABC Radio National)'The Gilbert White of the Styx' (poet Bob Adamson)