Khaki Town: breath-taking WWII historical fiction from the bestselling author of Black Sheep

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Judy Nunn Judy Nunn

Khaki Town

breath-taking WWII historical fiction from the bestselling author of Black Sheep

Judy Nunn, Judy Nunn

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Penguin
20 October 2020

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Australian Fiction

MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR

Set in Queensland during World War II,

this breath-taking historical novel is inspired by a true wartime story that has remained a well-kept secret for over seventy years.

It seems to have happened overnight, Val thought . How extraordinary. We've become a khaki town.

KHAKI TRANSFORMATION It's March 1942. Singapore has fallen. Darwin has been bombed. Australia is on the brink of being invaded by the Imperial Japanese Forces. And Val Callahan, publican of The Brown's Bar in Townsville, could not be happier as she contemplates the fortune she's making from lonely, thirsty soldiers.

TOWNSVILLE'S TURMOIL Overnight the small Queensland city is transformed into the transport hub for 70,000 American and Australian soldiers destined for combat in the South Pacific. Barbed wire and gun emplacements cover the beaches. Historic buildings are commandeered. And the dance halls are in full swing with jazz, jitterbug and jive.

CONFLICT AND INVESTIGATION The Australian troops begrudge the confident, well-fed 'Yanks' who have taken over their town and their women. There's growing conflict, too, within the American ranks, because black GIs are enjoying the absence of segregation. And the white GIs don't like it.

As racial violence explodes through the ranks of the military, a young United States Congressman, Lyndon Baines Johnson, is sent to Townsville by his president to investigate.

'Keep a goddamned lid on it, Lyndon,' he is told, 'lest it explode in our faces ...'

'Mistress of the ripping yarn.' SUN-HERALD '500 pages of perfect reading.' AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S WEEKLY 'Perfect summer reading.' SYDNEY MORNING HERALD 'A master of what she does.' WEEKLY TIMES 'A stunning blockbuster.' WOMAN'S DAY 'A prolific writer of bestsellers.' THE AGE

By: Judy Nunn, Judy Nunn
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 196mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 306g
ISBN: 9780143795186
ISBN 10: 014379518X
Pages: 528
Publication Date: 20 October 2020
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Judy Nunn's career has been long, illustrious and multifaceted. After combining her internationally successful acting career with scriptwriting for television and radio, Judy decided in the 90s to turn her hand to prose. Her first three novels, The Glitter Game, Centre Stage and Araluen, set respectively in the worlds of television, theatre and film, became instant bestsellers, and the rest is history, quite literally in fact. She has since developed a love of writing Australian historically-based fiction and her fame as a novelist has spread rapidly throughout Europe where she is published in English, German, French, Dutch, Czech and Spanish. Her subsequent bestsellers, Kal, Beneath the Southern Cross, Territory, Pacific, Heritage, Floodtide, Maralinga, Tiger Men, Elianne, Spirits of the Ghan, Sanctuary and Khaki Town confirmed Judy's position as one of Australia's leading fiction writers. In 2015 Judy was made a Member of the Order of Australia for her significant service to the performing arts as a scriptwriter and actor of stage and screen, and to literature as an author .