The Bay Of Contented Men – by Robert Drewe

More like the bay of self satisfied men I’d say – however I stand corrected by all reviews I’ve seen, as well as the response from the BBC members. The Bay of Contented Men was generally accepted at face value, as an insight into the world of a contemporary upper middle class Australian man. The ordinary male perspective is surprisingly unrepresented in Australian literature, so Drewe does provide an unusual insight, with little competition.

Thanks so much to Dennis for hosting, and it was a pleasure to help christen the new abode (in one respect at least!)

Scores were as follows

Ewan 5
Raj 7
Mark 5
Kevin 7
Leanne 7
Dennis 5

Average: 6

Here is a little commentary from bookworm.com.au

Witty and seductive, inventive and disturbing, 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 confrontation of gender, race and generation with an ironic desperation born of love, lust and wistful memory.

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The next book is:

'Stones from the River' by Ursula Hegi.

Mark Gordon