Shortlisted for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 2023
In September 1883,a small town in the South Australian outback huddles under strange,vivid sunsets. Six-year-old Denny Wallace has gone missing during a dust storm,and the entire community is caught up in the search for him.
As they scour the desert and mountains for the lost child,the residents of Fairly - newlyweds,landowners,farmers,mothers,artists,Indigenous trackers,cameleers,children,schoolteachers,widows,maids,policemen - confront their relationships with each other and with the ancient landscape they inhabit.
The colonial Australia of The Sun Walks Down is unfamiliar,multicultural,and noisy with opinions,arguments,longings and terrors. It's haunted by many gods - the sun among them,rising and falling on each day in which Denny could be found,or lost forever.
Publisher: Hodder & StoughtonISBN: 9781529389821Number of pages: 416Weight: 640 gDimensions: 236 x 162 x 36 mm
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'Fiona McFarlane's last book was scintillating. The Sun Walks Down is even better. It's compelling: old-fashioned in all the best ways,historically sensitive,generous in storytelling and yet modern and sharp.'- Sarah Moss
'The Sun Walks Down is the book I'm always longing to find: brilliant,fresh and compulsively readable. It is marvellous. I loved it from start to finish.'- Ann Patchett
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