Only killers and thieves : a novel
Record details
- ISBN: 9780062836878 (paperback)
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Physical Description:
319 pages ; 23 cm
regular print
print - Publisher: New York, New York : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2018]
- Copyright: ©2018
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Genre: | Historical fiction Action and adventure fiction |
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- 2 of 6 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect.
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- 0 current holds with 6 total copies.
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Kimberley Public Library | F HOW (Text) | 35137000244128 | Book Club Set | Available | - | |
Kimberley Public Library | F HOW (Text) | 35137001068195 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
- HARPERCOLL
"Powerful. . . . Paul Howarth brings early Australia to life, bloody warts and all, in an epic tale of murder, revenge, and colonial oppression, with very little room for redemption. The story and his words will stay with you, long after you have finished the book.â â New York Review of Books
Two brothers are exposed to the brutal realities of life and the seductive cruelty of power in this riveting debut novelâa story of savagery and race, injustice and honor, set in the untamed frontier of 1880s Australiaâreminiscent of Philipp Meyerâs The Son and the novels of Cormac McCarthy.
It is 1885, and a crippling drought threatens to ruin the McBride family. Their land is parched, their cattle starving. When the rain finally comes, it is a miracle that renews their hope for survival. But returning home from an afternoon swimming at a remote waterhole filled by the downpour, fourteen-year-old Tommy and sixteen-year-old Billy meet with a shocking tragedy.
Thirsting for vengeance against the man they believe has wronged themâtheir former Aboriginal stockmanâthe distraught brothers turn to the ruthless and cunning John Sullivan, the wealthiest landowner in the region and their fatherâs former employer. Sullivan gathers a posse led by the dangerous and fascinating Inspector Edmund Noone and his Queensland Native Police, an infamous arm of British colonial power charged with the "dispersal" of indigenous Australians to "protect" white settler rights. As they ride across the barren outback in pursuit, their harsh and horrifying journey will have a devastating impact on Tommy, tormenting him for the rest of his lifeâand will hold enduring consequences for a young country struggling to come into its own.
An epic tale of revenge and survival, Only Killers and Thieves is a gripping and utterly transporting debut, bringing to vivid life a colonial Australia that bears a striking resemblance to the American Wild West in its formative years.