Langley, Eve. White Topee

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White Topee
by Eve Langley.

Sirius (A&R), Sydney, 1989.

Reprint, paperback.

‘Ah, but I was lonely, the great Australian loneliness, that old disease of mine, swept over me making my blood slow and painful along my veins. I was lonely and unloved . And worse far into the future my soul struggled and saw no end of it . Because you see, I really didn’t want to be loved. Not at all. What I really wanted was to be a man, and free forever to write and think and dream.’

Langley’s dreamscape sequel to The Pea Pickers continues Steve’s gendered conflict between love and creative freedom, ending flamboyantly with her reincarnation as Oscar Wilde.

Condition: Spotting to outer edges, tanned pages and crease to cover. A good reading copy.