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The sun walks down / Fiona McFarlane.

Summary:

In September 1883, the South Australian town of Fairly huddles under strange, vivid sunsets. Six-year-old Denny Wallace has gone missing during a dust storm, and the whole town is intent on finding him. As they search the desert and mountains for the lost child, the residents of Fairly - newlyweds, landowners, farmers, mothers, artists, Indigenous trackers, cameleers, children, schoolteachers, widows, maids, policemen - explore their own relationships with the complex landscape unsettling history of the Flinders Ranges.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780374606237
  • ISBN: 0374606234
  • Physical Description: 336 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First American edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2023.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"Originally published in 2022 by Allen and Unwin, Australia"--Title page verso.
Subject: Search and rescue operations > Fiction.
Missing children > Fiction.
Country life > Fiction.
Dust storms > Fiction.
South Australia > History > 19th century > Fiction.
Genre: Detective and mystery fiction.
Historical fiction.
Novels.

Available copies

  • 26 of 27 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Harnett County Library.

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  • 1 current hold with 27 total copies.
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