Hemingway's Chair by Michael Palin (Hardcover, 1995)

Description: Please Note. If eBay says that this item will take 2-3 months to be delivered (by clicking on the "Postage, Returns & Payments Tab above). THIS IS INCORRECT! We usually post our items within 24 hours and you should have it within a week or so - (depending on your location within Australia). A quiet, unassuming postman develops an unexpected obsession in this quiet, unassuming--and very English--first novel from Michael Palin of Monty Python fame. Martin Sproale is the very model of a modern Walter Mitty. An assistant postmaster in the coastal town of Threston, he lives at home with his mother and rides his bicycle to work each day. It's a pleasant but uneventful sort of life, marked only by Martin's growing fascination with the life, works, and personal style of Ernest Hemingway. "Tea-drinkers, mothers, post office administrators, would-be fiancées. Little people with little minds," Martin thinks. "When would they realise that only through confrontation with danger could life be lived to the full?" Martin has transformed his room into a kind of Hemingway shrine, complete with bullfighting poster, several first editions, the same kind of typewriter Papa used--even a vintage WWI Italian army first-aid cabinet filled with all the liquors he liked to drink. Two things happen to shatter Martin's equilibrium. First, a new, corporate-style postal manager takes the job that by rights should have been his, promptly beginning a campaign of privatization and modernization that threatens all Martin holds dear. Second, an American woman outbids him on Hemingway memorabilia; a scholar, "not a fan," of the writer, Ruth Kohler lives in seclusion nearby while she works on a book about the women in Hemingway's life. Martin and Ruth engage in some increasingly heated role-pla We deliver by Australia Post.(Where Applicable)Australia Post have INCREASED parcel postage fees by 30% over the past few years and DECREASED the size of their satchels.By the time postage fees for this book are taken off the purchase price (depending on the weight of the book)It means this book is selling for under $2.00Whilst postage for this great book is free - Express Post is an option if you need this book delivered faster. Just select it at checkout (extra postage fee payable) Visit our store!warehouse-deals-direct-aus Payment We accept all credit cards including Mastercard, Visa, Amex, Discover, PayPal, Google Pay & Apple Pay Shipping We use Australia Post for most of our shipping. We ship most items within 24 hours. Return Policy We offer a 30 day return policy on most goods (unless otherwise stated) About Us We are a small home based business based in Melbourne Australia. _gsrx_vers_1326 (GS 8.4.1 (1326)) A Note About Postage?If ebay says this item will take 2 months to be delivered to you - IT IS INCORRECT! It appears to be a technical glitch with ebay. We post most of our books within 24 hours, so you should have it within a week.

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