He didn’t even want to think about the west or its people and their peculiarities. Despair and loss of self-control force the hapless narrator to accept the outcome of his own bad choices. Disturbing. I looked up from the last page to reorient myself. Small twons small minds thing doesn’t even begin to cover it.
He's his own worst enemy, and and it's the There are common elements, but unlike that book, nobody is deliberately trying to hurt the main character.
He was on his way…John Grant’s quiet pleasure at the thought of six weeks away from the dust, the heat and the flies; of being away from the tiny community where he taught a few students; of being in Sydney at the beautiful beaches, relaxing and getting the dust out of his system was euphoric. Very dark psychological fiction at its best. But refuse a drink with them and they immediately become your mortal enemy” A brilliant exaggeration of the fact by author Kenneth Cook. Yabba is a welcoming place, you can drink all you want, you can gamble, you can enjoy some casual brutality…it’s leaving it that’s difficult and leaving it the same person you entered it…impossible. Because it doesn’t just played out the cliché of local yokels, pickled drunk by cheap liquor and relentless sun, it creates a terrifying purgatorial place which is simply unforgettable. One night in Yabba is all it takes for a nice young man to completely unravel as he becomes exposed to more and more drunkenness and violence. 185375482X Heat, dust, thirst, hunger, desperation, descent, and despair. This novel is quite short, but it packs a punch, John Grant’s journey is hypnotically nightmarish, in fact that’s the entirely tone and mood of this story. Born 1929, died 1987. His novels do for Australian Outback what every other scary book and movie have done for small towns for ages now. by Carlton Publishing Group Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of feel free to throw me some suggestions. Author Kenneth Cook spent time in Broken Hill himself and he recreates the atmosphere in brilliantly cynical fashion. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. This was a particularly disturbing one, a nightmarish but grimly realistic tale of bad luck, bad decisions, and too much booze, and a shot to the heart of complacency, because y'know the wild is always just around the corner brother. “Grant felt a little conspicuous in his safari jacket.” What the hell? The man flipped the piece of wood and the coins spun up into the air above his head and dropped down on to the carpet.
If I've forgotten anything, I'm sorry.“Peculiar trait of the western people, thought Grant, that you could sleep with their wives, despoil their daughters, sponge on them, defraud them, do almost anything that would mean at least ostracism in normal society and they would barely seem to notice it. This isn’t just going by this book, I’ve also read Fear The Rider, but this one seems to be not only more famous (possibly due to its cinematic adaptation), but also more along the lines of a proper literature or a serious novel. During the school break he sets out for Sydney but ends up waylaid in the town of Bundanyabba, and his descent into a"hell" of his own making begins. However, because of problems with his flight, he gets stuck for one night in the Yabba, a town based on Broken Hill in the West of NSW. He was on his way…This short novel blew my mind. Cook’s Outback is entirely more disturbing than that. However, because of problems with his flight, he gets stuck for one night in the Yabba, a town based on Broken Hill in the West of NSW. Gambling, haphazard decisions, alcohol and brutish companions take the narrator on a hazy and derelict journey during which he must face his own predatory and primitive nature.
His novels do for Australian Outback what every other scary book and movie have done for small towns for ages now.
During the school break he sets out for Sydney but ends up waylaid in the town of Bundanyabba, and his descent into a"hell" of his own making begins. Wake in Fright Quotes Showing 1-4 of 4. ‘Right,’ he said. The story of John Grant, teaching in a three shanty town in the outback who yearns for the bright lights, women and beaches of Sydney. ‘Spin ’em!’. Recommended.got sent this one cos the publishers want me to do some puff about it that may end up on the re-release cover which i was hell stoked about as people will think im totes literary for being quoted on a book. [to bartender] Two "middies"! I remember this film from years ago. Kenneth Cook was a prolific Australian journalist, film director, screenwriter, TV personality and novelist. And thoroughly frightening. Robert Drewe. Welcome back. He didn’t even want to think about the west or its people and their peculiarities. As he locked the school doors he was smiling – the journey on the train to Bundanyabba where he was only staying the night before flying to Sydney was imminent. Once he was in Sydney, who knew, he might never come back.” Anyway, I remembered too much of the film, because as I read through this, I knew what was coming next and I wanted to scream at John Grant for not doing the stupid thing he was about to do.I remember this film from years ago. Let them be. I guess a few hours break from the 2020 events into a 1961 horror filled Australian outback nightmare is a good thing. What the hell? Need another excuse to treat yourself to a new book this week? Heat, dust, thirst, hunger, desperation, descent, and despair. Oh my god, I can't even tell you!Gripping page turner about a rather annoying schoolteacher broke and burning up in an outback town. Let them be.