- Racially mixed people, Nyunga (Australian people), Fiction, Fiction, historical, general
"Harley, a man of Nyoongar ancestry, finds himself at a difficult point in the history of his country, family and self. As the apparently successful outcome of his white grandfather's enthusiastic attempts to isolate and breed the 'first whiteman born', he wants to be a failure.
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Grave, contemplative, prestige and character-led.
- gravecomic
- contemplativerelentless
- unpretentiousprestige
- character-ledplot-driven
- resolvedopen-ended
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About the book
- Author
- Kim Scott
- First published
- 1999
- Pages
- 500
- Publisher
- Fremantle Arts Centre Press
- Editions
- 1
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781863682404
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