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The awardwinning author of modern classics such as Schindlers List and Napoleons Last Island is at his triumphant best with this engrossing and transporting Financial Times novel about the adventures of Charles Dickenss son in the Australian Outback during the 1860s
Edward Dickens the tenth child of Englands most famous author Charles Dickens has consistently let his parents down Unable to apply himself at school and adrift in life the teenaged boy is sent to Australia in the hopes that he can make something of himselfor at least fail out of the public eye
He soon finds himself in the remote Outback surrounded by Aboriginals colonials exconvicts exsoldiers and very few women Determined to prove to his parents and more importantly himself that he can succeed in this vast and unfamiliar wilderness Edward works hard at his new life amidst various livestock bushrangers shifty stock agents and frontier battles
By reimagining the tale of a fascinating yet littleknown figure in history this roguishly tender comingofage story Booklist offers penetrating insights into Colonialism and the fate of Australias indigenous people and a wonderfully intimate portrait of Charles Dickens as seen through the eyes of his son
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