The butterfly man by Heather Rose

We all have secrets, but Henry Kennedy's are bigger than most. As his brain cancer takes hold and dementia increases, how will he keep up his assumed identity? Heather Rose creates a compelling story around the possibility that potential murderer, Lord Lucan, escaped from England and settled in Tasmania.

 

Is not telling the whole truth the same as lying? As Henry's life starts to unravel, he discovers that his partner Lili has secrets of her own. Her estranged daughter, Suki, suddenly appears with her son, Charlie, which creates a complex family dynamic.

 

Rose's sympathetic portrayal of Henry's situation is very moving and her characters and their emotions are realistically drawn.

Citation: Rose, Heather The butterfly man St Lucia: UQP, 2005.

ISBN: 0 7022 3535 0  317p.

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The roving party by Rohan Wilson

It is hard for us to imagine the roving parties that went out looking for aborigines to kill for bounty payments. It is even more difficult to understand the motivation of an aboriginal tracker, Black Bill, participating in these under John Batman's leadership.

But Rohan Wilson draws his readers in with his stark portrayal of free men, convicts and trackers who each have private motivations for undertaking this brutal task: money, freedom, and personal revenge. 

 

Citaton: Wilson, Rohan The roving party Sydney : Allen & Unwin, 2011.

ISBN: 978 1 74237 653 0  282p.

 

Winner of the Australian/Vogel Literary Award in 2011

 

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