EAN: 9781911590064

ONLY KILLERS AND THIEVES - PAUL HOWARTH KARTONI...

Two brothers are exposed to the brutal realities of life and the seductive cruelty of power in
this riveting debut novel - a story of savagery and race  injustice and honor  set in the
untamed frontier of 1880s Australia - reminiscent of Philipp Meyer's The Son and the novels of
Cormac McCarthy. An epic tale of revenge and survival  Only Killers and Thieves is a gripping
and utterly transporting debut  bringing to vivid life a colonial Australia that bears a
striking resemblance to the American Wild West in its formative years. It is 1885  and a
crippling drought threatens to ruin the McBride family. Their land is parched  their cattle
starving. When the rain finally comes  it is a miracle that renews their hope for survival. But
returning home from an afternoon swimming at a remote waterhole filled by the downpour 
14-year-old Tommy and 16-year-old Billy meet with a shocking tragedy ....

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