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A beautiful, haunting, engrossing, terrifying and enchanting novel destined to win prizes and storm the bestseller lists. To read this is an experience in total immersion. Since it was first acquired in a hot auction, Darren Williamsâ novel has attracted comparisons with Picnic at Hanging Rock, To
A beautiful, haunting, engrossing, terrifying and enchanting novel destined to win prizes and storm the bestseller lists. To read this is an experience in total immersion. Since it was first acquired in a hot auction, Darren Williamsâ novel has attracted comparisons with Picnic at Hanging Rock, To Kill a Mockingbird and Stand By Me, to name a few (and no coincidence that all three have been made into major movies, because Angel Rock is a feast for all the senses). It is also a unique and original novel. The setting is Australia, 1969. Two half-brothers get lost in the wild wooded countryside around the small town of Angel Rock. Only the eldest, 13-year-old Tom, finds his way home. At about the same time, a 16-year-old girl goes missing from the town and is found in Sydney. She has killed herself. The policeman who gets the case in the city follows the trail back to Angel Rock. In searching for a meaning to this tragic death, he is searching for nothing less than a meaning to his own troubled life. The tales of the policeman, Gibson, and the boy, Tom, converge in the mystical back country of Angel Rock, in a story that is part coming-of-age, part detective thriller. This is a book of redemption, both individual and communal, and altogether a story you will never forget. Darren Williams' previous novel, Swimming in Silk, was published in 1995 and was the winner of The Australian/Vogel Literary Award. Paperback (B-Format)
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