The Antipodeans, Greg McGee
The Antipodeans, Greg McGee
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The Antipodeans

Author: Greg McGee

Narrator: Paul Haley, Genevieve Swallow

Unabridged: 12 hr 35 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/01/2019

Categories: Fiction


Synopsis

Beginning with the return to Venice of an old and sick man determined to confront his past, and accompanied by his daughter who is escaping hers, The Antipodeans spans three generations of a New Zealand family and their interaction with three families of Northern Italy. From Venice to the South Island of New Zealand, from the assassination of a Gestapo commander in the last days of Italian resistance in WWII to contemporary real estate shenanigans in Auckland, The Antipodeans is a novel of epic proportions where families from the opposite ends of the earth discover an intergenerational legacy of love and blood and betrayal.

Reviews

It took Greg McGee thirty years to complete this book, the seed planted in the mid 1970s when he was playing rugby in the north-east of Italy, living amongst Italians, speaking the language, absorbing himself into being Italian. At that time it was only thirty years since the end of the second world......more

Goodreads review by Karen

Extremely thankful to Lightning Books who made me aware of this book as they knew I loved historical reads - and this was a captivating and compelling story that I'm extremely glad to have had the pleasure of reading. Mainly set over 2 timelines; 2014 - Clare and her father go to Venice as her father......more