The Burning Island by Jock Serong
Eliza Grayling, born in Sydney when the colony itself was still an infant, has lived there all her thirty-two years. Too tall, too stern-too old, now-for marriage, she looks out for her reclusive father, Joshua, and wonders about his past. There is a shadow there- an old enmity.When Joshua Grayling is offered the chance for a reckoning with his nemesis, Eliza is horrified. It involves a sea voyage with an uncertain, probably violent, outcome. Insanity for an elderly blind man, let alone a drunkard.
Unable to dissuade her father from his mad fixation, Eliza begins to understand she may be forced to go with him. Then she sees the vessel they will be sailing on. And in that instant, the voyage of the Moonbird becomes Eliza's mission too.
Irresistible prose, unforgettable characters and magnificent, epic storytelling- The Burning Island delivers everything readers have come to expect from Jock Serong. It may be his most moving, compelling novel yet.
Jock Serong is the author of Quota, winner of the 2015 Ned Kelly Award for Best First Fiction; The Rules of Backyard Cricket shortlisted for the 2017 Victorian Premier's Award for Fiction, finalist for the 2017 MWA Edgar Awards for Best Paperback Original, and finalist for the 2017 INDIES Adult Mystery Book of the Year; and On the Java Ridge, shortlisted for the 2018 Indie Awards. On the Java Ridge was awarded the inaugural Staunch Book Prize, for a novel in the thriller genre in which no woman is beaten, stalked, sexually exploited, raped or murdered.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781922330086 |
| ISBN 10 | 1922330086 |
| Title | The Burning Island |
| Author | Jock Serong |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Text Publishing |
| Year published | 2020-09-01 |
| Number of pages | 400 |
| Prizes | Winner of ARA Historical Novel Prize 2021 (Australia), Short-listed for Staunch Prize 2020 (UK), Short-listed for The Dick and Joan Green Family Award for Tasmanian History 2022 (Australia) |
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