The Scarecrow
$17.33
- Paperback
242 pages
- Release Date
26 April 2012
Summary
Introduced by Craig Sherborne
The same week our fowls were stolen, Daphne Moran had her throat cut. Neddy Poindexter’s sister, Prudence, has turned sixteen and is the prettiest girl in Klynham. Neddy can’t protect her from the men in town, but can he protect her from the killer on the loose?
Part boys’ own adventure story, part small-town comedy and part horrifying thriller, The Scarecrow is of its own kind, an unexpected and irresistible masterpiece.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781921922398 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1921922397 |
| Author: | Ronald Hugh Morrieson |
| Publisher: | Text Publishing |
| Imprint: | Text Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 242 |
| Release Date: | 26 April 2012 |
| Weight: | 208g |
| Dimensions: | 23mm x 128mm x 198mm |
| Series: | Text Classics |
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Critics Review
‘Had Dickens begun his career in the twentieth century and with a novel whose major theme was sex he might very well have produced a book like The Scarecrow.’ - Meanjin
Ronald Hugh Morrieson
Ronald Hugh Morrieson (Author)
Ronald Hugh Morrieson was born in Hawera, New Zealand, in 1922, and lived there all his life. He earned his living as a music teacher and musician, playing in dance bands throughout South Taranaki. Morrieson died in 1972. His other novels are Came a Hot Friday, Predicament, and Pallet on the Floor.
Craig Sherborne (Introducer)
Craig Sherborne’s memoir Hoi Polloi was shortlisted for the Queensland and Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards. The follow-up, Muck, won the Queensland Literary Award for Non-fiction. Sherborne’s debut novel, The Amateur Science of Love, won the Best Writing Prize in the 2012 Melbourne Prize for Literature and was shortlisted for the NSW and Victorian Premiers’ Awards. He has also written two volumes of poetry, and his journalism and poetry have appeared in most of Australia’s leading literary journals and anthologies. His two most recent novels are Tree Palace, shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award, and Off the Record.
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