Soon

Author(s): Lois Murphy

Thriller

'A powerful literary thriller where the dark, yet poetically beautiful detailing of events will draw you into a nightmarish world that will have you questioning your understanding of love and loss, and the very nature of your reality. Atmospheric, intense and thought provoking.' Dominique Wilson, author of That Devil's Madness and The Yellow PapersAn almost deserted town in the middle of nowhere, Nebulah's days of mining and farming prosperity - if they ever truly existed - are long gone. These days even the name on the road sign into town has been removed. Yet for Pete, an ex-policeman, Milly, Li and a small band of others, it's the only place they have ever felt at home. One winter solstice the birds disappear. A strange, residual and mysterious mist arrives. It is a real and potent force, yet also strangely emblematic of the complacency and unease that afflicts so many of our small towns, and the country that Murphy knows so well. Partly inspired by the true story of Wittenoom, the ill-fated West Australia asbestos town, Soon is the story of the death of a haunted town, and the plight of the people who either won't, or simply can't, abandon all they have ever had. With finely wrought characters and brilliant plotting, it is a taut and original novel, where the people we come to know, and those who are drawn to the town's intrigue, must ultimately fight for survival. 'A dark and powerful novel that takes the reader on a journey through a disturbingly new and hostile world. Lois's characters carry their old ways into this new order with grave consequences if they don't heed the signs. Her haunting and persuasive tale which nods at the tropes of genre fiction while subverting and elevating them heralds a compelling new talent.'Hamish Maxwell-Stewart, Kate Gordon and Chris Gallagher, Judges, Tasmanian University Prize, Tasmanian Premier's Awards

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Product Information

General Fields

  • : 9780995409804
  • : Transit Lounge Publishing
  • : Transit Lounge Publishing
  • : September 2017
  • : 234mm X 153mm
  • : Australia
  • : October 2017
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : 288
  • : English
  • : 1017
  • : Paperback
  • : Lois Murphy