![]() ![]() Artfully combining elements of literary, historical, and speculative fiction, this allegorical novel is surprising and unforgettable. ![]() With this twist, Coleman universalizes the experiences of invaded indigenous populations in a way that has seldom been achieved. Midway through, Coleman suddenly upends the narrative with the revelation that the settlers are not what they seem. Coleman broadens the narrative by including characters such as Esperance, a young leader in a camp of free natives, and Johnny Star, who roams with a band of native outlaws. Sergeant Rohan of the Colonial Troopers is tasked with capturing the young man, so he recruits some settler lads and pursues Jacky through the hot and forbidding terrain. He is headed home even though he no longer remembers where that is. The book begins as Jacky flees the homestead where he is kept in servitude and frequently beaten. Longlisted for the Indie Book Award for Debut Fiction 2018. Highly Commended in the Victorian Premiers Literary Awards 2017. Reviews arent verified, but Google checks for and removes fake content when its identified. Coleman is a member of the Noongar people of Australia when she writes of a dry land where settlers enslave the natives and carry out a ruthless extermination campaign against those they cannot pacify, readers will naturally assume that the story is set in Australia, though the setting remains nameless. Hachette Australia, Fiction - General - 304 pages. ![]() This is an incredible debut from a striking new Australian Aboriginal voice. Coleman stuns with this imaginative, astounding debut about colonization. This Terra Nullius is something new, but all too familiar. ![]()
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