The Conversations at Curlow Creek by David Malouf
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In 1827, in a hut on the plains of New South Wales, two strangers spend the night in talk. Carney, an illiterate Irishman, is to be hanged at dawn. Adair, also Irish, has been sent to supervise the hanging. The novel moves between Australia and Ireland to explore questions of nature and justice.
The Talisman of Troy - Heroes to the Death by Valerio Massimo Manfredi
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Another epic of the ancient world from the bestselling author of Spartan and The Last Legion. A castaway tossed onto a deserted beach is the last survivor of a world that no longer exists. He has a terrible, fascinating story to tell - the true reason for which the Trojan War was fought . . . The protag ...Show more
The Ladies Auxiliary by Tora Mirvis
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The Electrical Experience by Frank Moorhouse
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T. George McDowell believes in getting the job done. 'I do not care for words in top hats. I believe in shirt-sleeve words. I believe in getting the job done. We're like that on the coast.' T. George McDowell, a manufacturer of soft drinks on the south coast of New South Wales, prides himself on extolli ...Show more
Bright Planet by Peter Mews
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A witty high seas adventure about ambition, exploration and death in Australia.In 1841, it is deemed by the elite of a London club that an expedition should set off for Australia, so that
The Orchard by Drusilla Modjeska
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'In The Orchard [Modjeska] further develops her distinctive style, weaving fact with fiction, the essay with a flowing fictional narrative, and stories within stories... Modjeska is accessible and entertaining, a good story-teller... Love, adultery, marriage, and domination; sight, the fear of blindness ...Show more
A Far Country by Daniel Mason
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When they spoke of it in town, they called it simply the city, as if it was the only city in the world... Raised in a remote village on the edge of a sugarcane plantation, Isabel was born with the gift and curse of 'seeing farther'. When drought and war grip their land, her beloved brother Isaias joins ...Show more
Queen Kat, Carmel and St Jude Get a Life by Maureen McCarthy
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A compulsively readable story which has achieved classic status. Three very different girls from the same country town share an inner-city house during their first year out of school.
Water Man by Roger McDonald
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Novel set in the drought-stricken town of Logan's Reef, 50 years after the death of near-legendary water diviner, Gunner Fitch. Past passions and rivalry affect the next generation, including Fitch's son Mal, a Sydney theatre director, and his lover Ida. The author's other publications include 'Slipstre ...Show more