A Suitable Man
The Eccentric Empire of Fletcher Jones
$30.61
- Paperback
464 pages
- Release Date
1 September 2026
Summary
A Suitable Man tells the remarkable life and achievements of Fletcher Jones.
Many Australians know of Fletcher Jones – the stores, the clothing, the daggy dad slacks – but few know the extraordinary man behind it all. David Fletcher Jones was an autodidact, a wanderer and dreamer who became a visionary businessman and social entrepreneur.
His rise was unlikely. The stammering, motherless son of an impoverished Bendigo blacksmith, he left school at thirteen and ended W…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781460767177 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1460767179 |
| Author: | Jock Serong |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd |
| Imprint: | HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 464 |
| Release Date: | 1 September 2026 |
| Weight: | 544g |
| Dimensions: | 38mm x 156mm x 236mm |
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Jock Serong
Jock Serong is the author of:
- Quota, winner of the 2015 Ned Kelly Award for Best First Fiction.
- The Rules of Backyard Cricket, shortlisted for the 2017 Victorian Premier’s Award for Fiction, finalist of the 2017 MWA Edgar Awards for Best Paperback Original, and finalist of the 2017 Indie Book Awards Adult Mystery Book of the Year.
- On the Java Ridge, winner of the Colin Roderick Award and, internationally, the inaugural Staunch Prize (UK), and shortlisted for the 2018 Indie Awards.
He has won praise for his trilogy of historical novels:
- Preservation
- The Burning Island, which earned him the ARA Historical Novel Prize and the Historia Award for Historical Crime Fiction (France).
- The Settlement, which was shortlisted for the Voss Prize and the ARA Historical Novel Prize.
His most recent novel, Cherrywood, was shortlisted for both the 2025 Indie Book Awards and the 2025 ABIA Literary Fiction Book of the Year.
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