Drylands
of Thea Astley
Description
In her flat above Drylands's newsagency, Janet Deakin is writing a book for the world's last reader. Little has changed in her 50 years, except for the coming of cable TV. Loneliness is almost a religion, and still everyone knows your business. But the town is being outmanoeuvred by drought and begins to empty, pouring itself out like water into sand. Small minds shrink even smaller in the vastness of the land. One man is forced out by council rates and bigotry; another sells his property, risking the lot to build his dream. And all of them are shadowed by violence of some sortâthese people whose only victory over the town is in leaving it.
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Book Details
- Format Paperback
- Pages 294 pages
- Publisher Penguin Books Australia
- Publication Date 2000
- First Publication 1999
- Language English
- ISBN 9780140283808
- Edition Not informed
- Category Fiction
- Scenario ['Queensland (Australia)']
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