Irene Bobs loves fast driving. Her husband is the best r sa esman in rural south-eastern Australia. Together they ark upon the Redex Trial, a brutal car race around the ntinent, over roads no car can ever quite survive. during the 1950s in the dying embers of the mpire, A Long Way from Home is a thrilling ory, illuminating a country's relationship with lent culture, and the love made and hurt caused along the way.

ene Bobs loves fast driving. Her husband is the best car salesman in rural south eastern Australia. Together with Willie, their lanky navigator, they embark upon the Redex Trial, a brutal race around the continent, over roads no car will ever quite survive.A Long Way from Home is Peter Carey's late style masterpiece; a thrilling high speed story that starts in one way, then takes you to another place altogether. Set in the 1950s in the embers of the British Empire, painting a picture of Queen and subject, black, white and those in-between, this brilliantly vivid novel illustrates how the possession of an ancient culture spirals through history - and the love made and hurt caused along the way.