In her flat above Drylands' newsagency, Janet Deakin is writing a book for the world's last reader. Little has changed her in 50 years, except for the coming of cable TV. Loneliness is almost a religion...more details Format:CD-Audio
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Thea Astley
ISBN:9781742332116
Leverson, the narrator at the centre of these stories, calls himself a 'people freak.' Seduced by north Queensland's sultry beauty and unique strangeness...more details Format:CD-Audio
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Thea Astley
ISBN:9780140121384
One family traced from the 1860s to the 1980s, beginning with Cornelius Laffey, an Irish-born journalist. Wresting his kin from the easy living of nineteenth-century Sydney...more details Format:Paperback Pages:240
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Astley Thea
ISBN:9780702229510
Thea Astley's stories capture the lushness and cruelty of the Queensland landscape with its rich wet smells and weird cast of characters. She exposes pretension and exploitation with an acid wit and comic flair...more details
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ISBN:9781743103524
Leverson, the narrator at the centre of these stories, calls himself a 'people freak.' Seduced by north Queensland's sultry beauty and unique strangeness...more details Format:MP3
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Astley Thea
ISBN:9780143204749
Wresting his family from the easy living of nineteenth-century Sydney, Cornelius Laffey takes them to northern Queensland where thousands of hopefuls are digging for gold in the mud. They confront the horror of Aboriginal dispossession...more details Format:Paperback / softback Pages:240
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Astley Thea
ISBN:9780143180265
On a January morning in 1930, in an island mission off the Queensland coast, the superintendent goes on a rampage that rips the community apart. Afterwards...more details Format:Paperback / softback Pages:304