The Gilded Cage by Marshall Browne

The Gilded Cage

by Marshall Browne

Duffy & Snellgrove, 2002, ISBN 1876631171, paperback

Very Good Condition, minor edge and shelf wear, a little rubbing and bumping to edges and corners, previous owners’ inscription on front reviews page, gift inscription on half title page age toned edges, a little creasing, chipping and small tears to covers (see photographs)

“This is the first novel in Marshall Browne’s Melbourne historical trilogy.  The other two are The Burnt City and The Trumpeting Angel.
Set at the height of the land-boom in Melbourne in 1888, this is the story of William Boyd, a wealthy but somewhat feckless young man.  He finds himself distracted from his business affairs by a passionate involvement with a young female artist.
His sinecure as director of a new bank becomes a nightmare when an old enemy of his father involves him in an enormous but unsound loan that threatens to wipe out the savings of all the bank’s depositors.  As his public and private worlds implode, William finds himself fighting for survival.”