Utopian Man

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Author: Lisa Lang ISBN: 9781742691220
Publisher: Allen & Unwin Publication: September 1, 2010
Imprint: Allen & Unwin Language: English
Author: Lisa Lang
ISBN: 9781742691220
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Publication: September 1, 2010
Imprint: Allen & Unwin
Language: English

Winner of the Australian/Vogel's Literary Award 2009.

'Really impressive, vivid and enjoyable.' Cate Kennedy

It's the 1880s and Marvellous Melbourne is a lavish and raucous city where anything could happen. Eccentric entrepreneur Edward William Cole is building the sprawling Cole's Book Arcade and filling it with whatever amuses him, or supports his favourite causes: a giant squid, a brass band, monkeys, a black man whose skin has turned white, a Chinese tea salon, and of course, hundreds of thousands of books.

When Edward decides to marry he advertises for a wife in the newspaper, shocking and titillating the whole town. To everyone's surprise he marries his broadsheet bride and the Arcade grows into a monumental success.

But the 1890s depression hits Melbourne - and Edward - hard, and the death of one of his children leaves him reeling. Grief, corruption and a beautiful, unscrupulous widow all threaten to derail his singular vision. But it's not until he visits Chinatown one night - and his own deeply suppressed past - that the idealist faces his toughest challenge.

Utopian Man is the story of a man who lives life on his own terms, and leaves behind a remarkable legacy.

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Winner of the Australian/Vogel's Literary Award 2009.

'Really impressive, vivid and enjoyable.' Cate Kennedy

It's the 1880s and Marvellous Melbourne is a lavish and raucous city where anything could happen. Eccentric entrepreneur Edward William Cole is building the sprawling Cole's Book Arcade and filling it with whatever amuses him, or supports his favourite causes: a giant squid, a brass band, monkeys, a black man whose skin has turned white, a Chinese tea salon, and of course, hundreds of thousands of books.

When Edward decides to marry he advertises for a wife in the newspaper, shocking and titillating the whole town. To everyone's surprise he marries his broadsheet bride and the Arcade grows into a monumental success.

But the 1890s depression hits Melbourne - and Edward - hard, and the death of one of his children leaves him reeling. Grief, corruption and a beautiful, unscrupulous widow all threaten to derail his singular vision. But it's not until he visits Chinatown one night - and his own deeply suppressed past - that the idealist faces his toughest challenge.

Utopian Man is the story of a man who lives life on his own terms, and leaves behind a remarkable legacy.

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