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To Name Those Lost

Rohan Wilson

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English
Allen & Unwin
01 October 2014
Summer 1874, and Launceston teeters on the brink of anarchy. After abandoning his wife and child many years ago, the Black War veteran Thomas Toosey must return to the city to search for William, his now motherless twelve-year-old son. He travels through the island's northern districts during a time of impossible hardship - hardship that has left its mark on him too. Arriving in Launceston, however, Toosey discovers a town in chaos. He is desperate to find his son amid the looting and destruction, but at every turn he is confronted by the Irish transportee Fitheal Flynn and his companion, the hooded man, to whom Toosey owes a debt that he must repay.

To Name Those Lost is the story of a father's journey. Wilson has an eye for the dirt, the hardness, the sheer dog-eat-doggedness of the lives of the poor. Human nature is revealed in all its horror and beauty as Thomas Toosey struggles with the good and the vile in himself and learns what he holds important.

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Imprint:   Allen & Unwin
Country of Publication:   Australia
Dimensions:   Height: 234mm,  Width: 153mm, 
Weight:   470g
ISBN:   9781743318324
ISBN 10:   1743318324
Pages:   288
Publication Date:  
Recommended Age:   From
Audience:   General/trade ,  General/trade ,  ELT Advanced ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Reviews for To Name Those Lost

Starred quote - 'Wilson's evocation of the Tasmanian setting is pitch-perfect, as are his characterization and the suspense maintained throughout this exquisitely wrought novel.' Booklist (US) Starred quote - 'Readers who admired the propulsive plotting, atmospheric sense of place, and fierce family loyalty in Patrick DeWitt's The Sisters Brothers and Cormac McCarthy's The Road should be equally taken with Wilson's superb novel.' Library Journal (US) 'This is a novel you'll stay up all night reading for its suspenseful plot, then find yourself wanting to do a forensic rereading the next day to more closely examine and admire its exceptional literary power.' Minneapolis Star Tribune (US)


  • Short-listed for Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature - Fiction Award 2015 (Australia)
  • Shortlisted for The Margaret Scott Prize 2015.
  • Winner of Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature: Fiction Award 2016.
  • Winner of Fiction Prize 2015 (Australia)
  • Winner of Tasmanian Premier's Literary Prize - Tasmania Book Prize - People's Choice Award 2016 (Australia)
  • Winner of Victorian Premier's Literary Award 2015.
  • Winner of Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2015 (Australia)

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