- Title:
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The Magpie Wing (MP3)
- Written by:
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Max Easton
- Read by:
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Gemma Carfi
- Format:
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Unabridged MP3 CD Audio Book
- Number of CDs:
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1
- Duration:
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6 hours 22 minutes
- MP3 size:
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276 MB
- Published:
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October 01 2022
- Available Date:
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October 01 2022
- Age Category:
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Adult
- ISBN:
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9781038624130
- Genres:
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Fiction; Australian Fiction; Contemporary Fiction; Literary Fiction
- Publisher:
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ABC Audio
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Format
Price
Bolinda price
Australian author
Debut novel
Moving from the '90s to the present, and between the suburbs and the inner city, The Magpie Wing explores how communities that appear worlds apart – underground music scenes, rugby league clubs, communist splinter groups – often share unexpected roots.
Helen, Walt and Duncan are looking for ways to entertain themselves in the sprawl of Sydney’s western suburbs. Walt, scrappy and idealistic, wants to prove a point and turns to petty vandalism. His friend, Duncan, is committed to his fledgling football career, and seeks out sexual encounters in unfamiliar houses. Walt’s sister Helen, in search of something larger than herself, is forced by scandal to leave the family home. As they move into adulthood they gravitate to the dingy glamour of the inner-city suburbs, looking to escape their families’ complicated histories, and to find new identities, artistic, sexual and political.
The Magpie Wing is set on football fields, in sharehouses, at punk gigs and in dilapidated and gentrifying pubs. Max Easton’s debut novel moves from the nineties to the present, and between the suburbs and the inner city, exploring how communities that appear worlds apart – underground music scenes, rugby league clubs, communist splinter groups – often share unexpected roots.
'Max Easton’s The Magpie Wing is a moving portrait of a city and region undergoing enormous change, told through the perspectives of three unique, sympathetic and vulnerable characters.'
Books+Publishing
'The Magpie Wing is at its best when things are happening, so it’s terrific that things are always happening in this book.'
The Guardian