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Fiona McFarlane
A gripping, provocative work by one of our finest writers, the internationally acclaimed author Fiona McFarlane.
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In September 1883, the South Australian town of Fairly huddles under strange, vivid sunsets. Six-year-old Denny Wallace has gone missing during a dust storm, and the whole town is intent…
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The hypnotic tale of a psychological battle on unequal terms and a superbly drawn portrait of two very particular women - a beautifully written, unnerving and acutely moving debut.
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These wide-ranging stories resonate in the way of only the finest writing and the most pleasurable reading. There are storylines that seem straightforward on the surface but have a dozen…
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The Sun Walks Down is a startling, brilliant, beautiful epic set in Colonial Australia from Fiona McFarlane, a writer at the height of her enormous powers.
Winner of the International Dylan Thomas Prize 2017: a scintillating story collection by the young Australian author of the Guardian First Book Award-shortlisted novel The Night Guest.
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Fiona McFarlane’s blazingly brilliant new novel, The Sun Walks Down, tells the many-voiced, many-sided story of a boy lost in colonial Australia.
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An epic tale of unsettlement, history, myth, art and love - and of a small boy lost in the Australian desert. From the prize-winning author of The Night Guest and…
"Originally published in 2024 by Allen and Unwin, Australia"--Copyright page.
Catherine McKinnon
From the author of the Miles Franklin Award shortlisted Storyland, comes a rich, layered and thrilling novel of love, war and friendship, To Sing of War.
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A gripping, provocative work by one of our finest writers, the internationally acclaimed author Fiona McFarlane. In overlapping stories, Highway 13 explores the reverberations of a serial killer's crimes in…
A gripping collection of linked short stories about the reverberations of a serial killer's crimes in the lives of everyday people. From the acclaimed author of The Sun Walks Down…
Fiona McFarlane's blazingly brilliant new novel, The Sun Walks Down, tells the many-voiced, many-sided story of a boy lost in colonial Australia.
What a terrible thing at a time like this: to own a house, and the trees around it. Janet sat rigid in her seat. The plane lifted from the city…
A magnificent novel by the prize-winning author of The Night Guest and The High Places, an epic tale of unsettlement, history, myth, art and love - and of a small…
An elderly Australian woman lets a mysterious and possibly sinister caretaker into her beach-side home and into her life –
In September 1883, a small town in the…
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