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Bereft (novel)

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Bereft (novel)
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Bereft is a 2010 novel by the Australian author Chris Womersley.

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Plot summary

In 1919 the First World War is over and Spanish Flu is at epidemic proportions in Australia. Quinn Walker returns from the war to the small town of Flint to face the consequences of his sister's killing, ageing parents and a police constable who is intent on blaming him for the death.

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Notes

  • Dedication: For Roslyn, who always believed.
  • Epigraph: Every angel is terrible - Rainer Maria Rilke, The Duino Elegies

Reviews

  • Australian Crime Fiction[1]
  • Kill Your Darlings[2]
  • The Sydney Morning Herald[3]

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