There are distant shouts, rifle shots, the pounding of feet across the bridge, the sound of running. A woman’s scream carves the night then bubbles away.
In 1930 the superintendent of a mission on a Queensland island, driven mad by his wife’s death, goes on a murderous rampage. Fearing for their lives, the other whites arm a young Indigenous man and order him to shoot Uncle Boss dead. The Multiple Effects of Rainshadow traces the lead-up to this bloody showdown and the repercussions in the years after—for Aboriginal people and the colonial overseers.
By:
Thea Astley Introduction by:
Chloe Hooper Imprint: Text Publishing Company Country of Publication: Australia Dimensions:
Height: 198mm,
Width: 129mm,
ISBN:9781925603569 ISBN 10: 1925603563 Pages: 304 Publication Date:30 April 2018 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
Reviews for The Multiple Effects of Rainshadow
`Formidable...Uniquely provocative, acerbic and glittering.' * Australian * `Passion, brilliance and originality.' * Sydney Morning Herald *
Winner of The Age Book of the Year Fiction Award 1996 (Australia)