The things people throw away / Raymond Allan.
The things people throw away / Raymond Allan.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
North Melbourne, Vic. : Arcadia/Australian Scholarly, c2007.
Call Numbers
813.54/ 661
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Language
English
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Physical content
311 p. ; 18 cm.
Publication information
Publisher
North Melbourne, Vic. : Arcadia/Australian Scholarly, c2007.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
Victoria
Date Published
c2007.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
'In the early 70s, a teenage boy flees a disturbing religious community in Melbourne to cross the Nullarbor and find the old mining town of Ora Banda. A dream comes unstuck' -- publisher.
In this allegorical road novel Allan takes a familiar theme, the loss of innocence, and invests his 1970s with a rare mixture of candour, religion and violence. "I despise fatalistic novels. Fate denies us the opportunity to change history. If a character's decisions are made for him, or have been made ineffectual, then all decisions become meaning...
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Full title
The things people throw away / Raymond Allan.
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Date Copyright
c2007.
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Call Numbers
813.54/ 661
Record Identifier
74VK3PoqzbzX
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VK3PoqzbzX
Other Identifiers
ISBN
9781740971706 (pbk.)
DDC
A823.4
MMS ID
991023675509702626
