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Set in the precariously settled coastal town of Desperance, Carpentaria is the unforgettable portrait of the powerful Phantom family, leader of the Westend Pricklebush people, and its battles with old Joseph Midnight's renegade Eastend mob on the one hand, and the white officials of Uptown and the neighbouring Gurfurrit mine on the other. By turns operatic and surreal, Wright's stunning and richly imagined storytelling is a blend of myth and scripture, farce and politics. Her extraordinary characters - Elias Smith the outcast saviour, the religious zealot Mozzie Fishman, the murderous mayor Stan Bruiser, the moth-ridden Captain Nicoli Finn, the activist and prodigal son Will Phantom, and above all, the rulers of the family, the queen of the rubbish-dump and the fish-embalming king of time, Angel Day and Normal Phantom - stride like giants in this storm-swept world.Product Identifiers
PublisherLittle, Brown Book Group
ISBN-139781845299484
eBay Product ID (ePID)14046615251
Product Key Features
Publication Year2009
TopicBooks
Book TitleCarpentaria
Number of Pages512 Pages
LanguageEnglish
AuthorAlexis Wright
Dimensions
Item Height196 mm
Item Weight406 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorAlexis Wright