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First published in 1979, this is the second-last novel published by the only Australian to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. The sexually ambiguous Eddie Twyborn is encountered in three stages of his life - as Eudoxia, the lover of an elderly Greek man; as Eddie, a jackeroo in the Australian outback; and as Eadith, the madam of a high-class London brothel. This is a paperback reprint in the 'Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics' series.
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The Twyborn Affair, Patrick White
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- 1981
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- Title
- The Twyborn Affair
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Patrick White
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Released
- 1981
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 432
- ISBN10
- 0140055444
- ISBN13
- 9780140055443
- Series
- Original title
- The Twyborn affair
- Rating
- 3.75 out of 5
- Description
- First published in 1979, this is the second-last novel published by the only Australian to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. The sexually ambiguous Eddie Twyborn is encountered in three stages of his life - as Eudoxia, the lover of an elderly Greek man; as Eddie, a jackeroo in the Australian outback; and as Eadith, the madam of a high-class London brothel. This is a paperback reprint in the 'Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics' series.