On The Java Ridge

Serong, Jock

ISBN 10: 1925498395 / ISBN 13: 9781925498394

Editore: Text Publishing Company, 2018

, . NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title.Author: Jock SerongFormat: Paperback / softbackNumber of Pages: 320From the prize-winning author of The Rules of Backyard Cricket and Quota comes a timely literary political thriller with a cracking narrative and heart-stopping writing. Amid the furious ocean there was no human sound on deck- some people standing, watching the wave, but no one capable of words. On the Java Ridge, skipper Isi Natoli and a group of Australian surf tourists are anchored beside an idyllic reef off the Indonesian island of Dana. In the Canberra office of Cassius Calvert, Minister for Border Integrity, a Federal election looms and (not coincidentally) a hardline new policy is being announced regarding maritime assistance to asylum-seeker vessels in distress.A few kilometres away from Dana, the Takalar is having engine trouble. Among the passengers fleeing from persecution are Roya and her mother, and Roya's unborn sister. The storm now closing in on the Takalar and the Java Ridge will mean catastrophe for them all.With On the Java Ridge Jock Serong, bestselling author of The Rules of Backyard Cricket, brings us a literary novel with the pace and tension of a political thriller - and some of the most compelling, heartstopping writing about the sea since Patrick O'Brian. Secondhand, Paperback / softback Secondhand, Paperback / softback. Codice articolo 9781925498394-SECONDHAND

Riassunto:

In the nation’s capital, the Minister for Border Integrity is set to announce a hardline policy about offering assistance to asylum-seekers in boats. A group of Australian surf tourists have anchored their vessel, Java Ridge, beside an idyllic reef off the Indonesian coast. A few kilometers away, the Takalar is having engine trouble. Among the passengers fleeing from persecution are Roya and her pregnant mother. The storm now closing in on the two vessels will mean catastrophe for them all.

Informazioni sull?autore: Jock Serong's debut novel Quota won the 2015 Ned Kelly Award for Best First Crime Novel. In 2016, The Rules of Backyard Cricket was shortlisted for the Victorian Premier's Literary Award. On the Java Ridge is his third novel. Jock teaches law and writes. He lives with his wife and four children in coastal Victoria. Jock Serong won the Ned Kelly Award for Quota and was shortlisted for the Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Rules of Backyard Cricket. It was a finalist for the prestigious UK Crime Writers Association Steel Dagger Award for Fiction 2017.

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Titolo: On The Java Ridge
Casa editrice: Text Publishing Company
Data di pubblicazione: 2018
Legatura: Brossura