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The Sun Walks Down

Fiona McFarlane

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The Sun Walks Down was shortlisted for the Walter Scott Prize. In September 1883, in a small town in the South Australian outback, six-year-old Denny Wallace goes missing. As a dust storm sweeps across the landscape, the entire community is caught up in the search. Scouring the desert and mountains, the residents of Fairly - newlyweds, farmers, mothers, artists, Indigenous trackers, cameleers, policemen - confront their relationships with each other and with the ancient land they inhabit. A land haunted by many gods - the sun among them, rising and falling on each day in which Denny could be found, or lost forever.

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Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
ISBN-13
9781529389838
Genre
Fiction
Topics
Community and search for a missing childColonial Australia and relationship with the landMultiple perspectives on a small town

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