The Umbrella Club
By: David Brooks.
Publisher: University of Queensland Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: St Lucia, Qld
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9780702237232
Subjects: Balloonists -- Fiction; Male friendship -- Fiction; Australia -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction
Description: The breathtaking new novel from the Miles Franklin-shortlisted author of The Fern Tattoo. During World War I a friendship between two young Englishmen, Axel and Edward, is forged on the battlefields of France. There, inspired by barrage balloons, they develop a mutual fascination that will change the course of their lives.