num_pages: 216
description: The Bay Of Contented Men ranges in location from east to west coast Australia, to the United States, Japan and Hong Kong. This is the neighbourhood of edgy suburbanite Australians whose desires and misadventures are conjured here into intriguing fictions. Robert Drewe's characters face the confrontations of gender, race and generations with an ironic desperation born of love, lust and wistful memory.ContentsRadiant HeatMacheteThe First MotelMandalayRiver WaterThe Lawyers of AfricaThe Needle 'Story'All the BoysSisterLife of a BarbarianThe Hammett SpielThe Bay of Contented Men
language: English
title: The Bay of Contented Men
titlecomplete: The Bay of Contented Men
genres: Fiction, Short Stories
ratings_count: 34
awards: awardedAt: 631180800000
name: Commonwealth Writers' Prize
category: Best Book in South East Asia and Pacific
publisher: Penguin