The Sandman Observations from a Moving Vehicle by Michael Bell

The Sandman Observations from a Moving Vehicle

(Sandy Goes Up the Coast)

Illustrations by Michael Bell

ABC Books, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 1998, ISBN 0733305792, lightly illustrated with black and white line drawings, paperback

Very Good Condition, a little edge and shelf wear, a little rubbing and bumping to edges and corners, no inscriptions, ‘for review’ label attached to inside front cover (See photographs)

“Observations from a Moving Vehicle is a journal of faithfully documenting the ramblings of a frightened teenager called Sandman during the traumatic summer holiday ‘up the coast’ some years ago.  It’s like a roadbook, but the car is slow, so instead of arriving somewhere quickly it takes ages to get there, and that means we look at everything very closely.  This journal approaches relationships, dreams, pedestals, food, parents, share houses, real estate, sex, sexuality, striptease, crime, class, toilets, self-obsession, jealousy and the desire to be loved with the illusion of depth and heaps of smiles.”