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A haunting, powerful novel about the power of the land and the passions of people trying to make it their own.One spring day in late 1992, when William was halfway between his eighth birthday and his ninth, he looked out from the back verandah of his home and saw, huge in the sky, the mushroom cloud of a nuclear explosion.
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- earnestironic
- unpretentiousprestige
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- Author
- Andrew McGahan
- First published
- 2004
- Pages
- 376
- Publisher
- Allen & Unwin Pty Ltd, Soho, Allen & Unwin
- Editions
- 4
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781569474174
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