The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith
#3250 of 8,085 books · #491 in Historical Fiction
Shortlisted for the Booker Prize (1972).
A short Australian novel telling the story of an aboriginal worker who rebels against his overbearing employer, wreaking a trail of destruction.
- Publisher
- Angus & Robertson
- ISBN-13
- 9780670211654
- Genre
- Topics
- Racism and oppressionRevenge and violenceAboriginal Australian identity
Awards
- The Booker PrizeShortlistedMajor(1972)
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