On the Java Ridge by Jock Serong
The Java Ridge is a traditional-style Indonesian boat fitted out for surfing tours. Skippered by Isi Natoli, her passengers are a mixed group of Australian surfers keen to track down the perfect wave. The Takalar is filled with fleeing refugees and it is having engine trouble. In Canberra, the Minister for Border Integrity, Cassius Calvert is facing a Federal election. He has just announced a hardline new policy which will stop maritime assistance to asylum-seeking vessels in distress. The storm closing in on the Takalar and the Java Ridge will mean catastrophe for them all.
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 | 9781925498394 |
| ISBN 10 | 1925498395 |
| Title | On the Java Ridge |
| Author | Jock Serong |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Text Publishing |
| Year published | 2017-07-31 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Prizes | Winner of Colin Roderick Memorial Award 2018 (Australia), Winner of Staunch Book Prize 2018 (UK), Short-listed for Melbourne Prize for Literature: Best Writing Award 2018 (Australia), Long-listed for Indie Book Award for Fiction 2018 (Australia), Long-listed for ABIA General Fiction Book of the Year 2018 (Australia) |
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