![]() The story-about a woman Clancy loves-unexpectedly moves Jim. While at the bar, Clancy tells a story that turns out to be a surprisingly serious one, in light of his constant joking. Eric immediately takes to Clancy and becomes his shadow. Jim's bright intellect, sensitive nature, and devotion to birds touch Imogen deeply.īefore going into the trenches, Clancy and Jim steal away to a local bar, where they meet a young soldier named Eric Sawney. They bond over their shared affection for sandpipers. Soon after, Jim meets Imogen Harcourt, another birdwatcher. Jim accepts, and the two regard Ashley's land as a sanctuary for the birds that call it home. Ashley will hire Jim to make a comprehensive catalog of all the birds on the property. Ashley Crowther, a rich twenty-three-year-old just back from England, has inherited the land, and noticing Jim's interest in the birds that live there, he offers Jim a job. On the Gold Coast of Australia, Jim charts the lives and behaviors of the birds that live at the estuary near his home. As he makes his way to the Western front and eventually to the frontlines of battle, Jim encounters for the first time the brutality of war and the savage side of man's nature. Set before and during the First World War, it tells the story of Jim Saddler, a sensitive twenty-year-old Australian man with a passion for birdwatching. ![]() ![]() Fly Away Peter is a historical novel by Australian author David Malouf, published in 1982 by George Braziller. ![]()
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