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''The Art of the Engine Driver'' is a 2001 novel by Australian author Steven Carroll. It is the first in a sequence of novels written by Carroll, followed by '' The Gift of Speed'' and '' The Time We Have Taken''. Inspired by a dream, the book was originally intended to be a stand-alone novel.


Awards

*Prix Femina (France), Best Foreign Novel, 2005: shortlisted *
Miles Franklin Literary Award The Miles Franklin Literary Award is an annual literary prize awarded to "a novel which is of the highest literary merit and presents Australian life in any of its phases". The award was set up according to the will of Miles Franklin (1879–195 ...
, 2002: shortlisted


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References

2001 Australian novels HarperCollins books Novels set in one day {{2000s-novel-stub