A Boy from Hahndorf: The Long Journey Home

Bartlett’s fictional story describes the career path of a country boy who, with his euphonium, climbs to the pinnacle of the brass band world. The setting is the German town of Hahndorf in the Adelaide Hills. In full and instructive prose, the writer explores the socio-economic transition of family and communal life from the post-war period of the 1950s to the 1970s and 1980s. Television and the quickening of capitalism bring dramatic changes to Australia. It is experienced in all aspects o...