- Title:
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Wake in Fright
- Written by:
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Kenneth Cook
- Read by:
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Humphrey Bower
- Format:
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Unabridged CD Audio Book
- Number of CDs:
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5
- Duration:
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5 hours 1 minutes
- Published:
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October 28 2017
- Available Date:
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October 28 2017
- Age Category:
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Adult
- ISBN:
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9781489425041
- Genres:
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Fiction; Australian Fiction; Classic Fiction
- Publisher:
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Bolinda audio
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Price
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‘Wake in Fright is a classic of the ugly side of Menzies’ Australia, its brutality, its drunkenness, its anxiety to crush all sensibility. All of this is harrowingly reacorded – the destruction of a young soul fresh to Australia – in Kenneth Cook’s remarkable novel.’ – Thomas Keneally
Thomas Keneally, winner of the Booker Prize
The controller stood back.
‘Right,’ he said. ‘Spin ‘em!’
The man flipped the piece of wood and the coins spun up into the air above his head and dropped down on to the carpet.
There was silence.
Wake in Fright tells the tale of John Grant’s journey into an alcoholic, sexual and spiritual nightmare. It is the original and the greatest outback horror story. Bundanyabba and its citizens will forever haunt its listeners.