Books Read Archive 2008
For the Term of His Natural Life by Marcus Clarke
Set in colonial Australia, For the Term of His Natural Life is a powerful tale of human brutality and enduring love.
Book 3 of my Classic Year reading challenge.
Songs of Innocence by Richard Aleas
John Blake is back (after Little Girl Lost) in another wonderful pulp, noir novel from Hard Case Crime. This time a close friend appears to have committed suicide but Blake isn't so sure. And his investigations involve the sex trade and a particularly nasty Hungarian.
Such is Life by Tom Collins
An account of the life of rural dwellers, including bullock drivers, squatters and itinerant travellers, in southern New South Wales and Victoria, during the 1880s.
Book 2 of my Classic Year reading challenge.
Robbery Under Arms by Rolf Boldrewood
The classic Australian novel of bushrangers from the 1880s. Told from the point of view of a man on death-row, this is a colourful tale, colloquially told, of cattle-duffing, robbery under arms and Starlight, the gentleman bushranger.
Book 1 of my Classic Year reading challenge.