Summary
From the bestselling author of The Bush, the highly acclaimed story of a fifty-year relationship between a Vietnam veteran and an isolated clan in north-east Arnhem Land – a unique window into Australia’s deep past and precarious present, by one of our master storytellers.
‘How to sum up this story? It’s uncontainable. It wrangles worlds. It keeps getting wider and deeper like a stone in a pond. At its heart – an extraordinary telling of an extraordinary frie…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781761422119 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1761422111 |
| Author: | Don Watson |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster Australia |
| Imprint: | Scribner Australia |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 2 August 2023 |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 153mm |
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‘A truly magnificent achievement’ – Peter Carey‘Wholly unexpected and original … a gritty cross-cultural parable that ends with a fragile glimmer of hope.’ – Tom Griffiths, Australian Book Review‘A witty and compassionate book about friendship, Indigenous self-determination and people under stress.’ * The Conversation *
About The Author
Don Watson
Don Watson is the bestselling author of Recollections of a Bleeding Heart: Paul Keating Prime Minister, Death Sentence, and The Bush, the latter of which won the Indie Book of the Year and the NSW Premier’s Literary Award. An acclaimed speechwriter and screenwriter, he is also beloved for his columns and essays on Australian and American politics.
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