The Pages (novel)

The Pages is a 2008 novel by Australian novelist Murray Bail.

Plot summary
An Australian bush philosopher, Wesley Antill, dies leaving behind a vast collection of philosophical works. His will indicates that it should be published so Antill's siblings arrange for Erica, a philosopher, and Sophie, a psychoanalyst, to examine the work and decide if it is actually publishable.

Reviews

 * The Guardian
 * The New York Times

Awards and nominations

 * 2009 shortlisted Miles Franklin Literary Award
 * 2009 shortlisted Victorian Premier's Literary Awards — The Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction
 * 2009 shortlisted Prime Minister's Literary Awards — Fiction