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'William Webber simply wants to set the record straight. At ninety-six he has a rare medical ailment, suffers a recurring watery nightmare, and knows a thing or two about history. After all, he was there for a bit of it himself. Back in 1920, the young Webber finds himself in a boys' own adventure story, far from home, on the trail of mystery and romance. The dangerous cut-throat world of pearling, a mad hermit in the mangroves, a voyage on a death boat - the stuff of a young man's dreams. But nothing is as it seems, and in the real world there are no simple answers, no untarnished heroes, and no neat endings.' Source: book jacket.
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Other Formats
- Also sound recording.
Works about this Work
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Narrative Examines the Cathartic Nature of Storytelling
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 13 no. 2 1999; (p. 123-124)
— Review of The Drowning Dream 1998 single work novel -
A Surplus of Webbers. Unexpected Consequences of Writing Historical Fiction
1999
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: Westerly , Summer vol. 44 no. 4 1999; (p. 104-115) -
Welcome to Our Millenarian Dreams
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 23 May 1998; (p. 8)
— Review of The Drowning Dream 1998 single work novel ; Mallawindy 1998 single work novel -
Paperbacks
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 25 April 1998; (p. 8)
— Review of Child 1998 single work novel ; The Drowning Dream 1998 single work novel -
Old Broome's Human Sweep
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 27 April 1998; (p. 14)
— Review of Going Inland 1998 single work novel ; The Drowning Dream 1998 single work novel
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Accomplished but Perhaps a Little Too Clever
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times Sunday Times , 26 April 1998; (p. 22)
— Review of Three Dollars 1998 single work novel ; The Drowning Dream 1998 single work novel -
Disparate Fictions
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July no. 202 1998; (p. 23)
— Review of Three Dollars 1998 single work novel ; The Drowning Dream 1998 single work novel -
A Sweeping Tale of Broome
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 5 September 1998; (p. 23)
— Review of The Divine Wind 1998 single work novel ; The Drowning Dream 1998 single work novel -
Old Broome's Human Sweep
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 27 April 1998; (p. 14)
— Review of Going Inland 1998 single work novel ; The Drowning Dream 1998 single work novel -
Paperbacks
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 25 April 1998; (p. 8)
— Review of Child 1998 single work novel ; The Drowning Dream 1998 single work novel -
A Surplus of Webbers. Unexpected Consequences of Writing Historical Fiction
1999
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: Westerly , Summer vol. 44 no. 4 1999; (p. 104-115)
Awards
Last amended 6 Dec 2011 10:28:55
Settings:
- Broome, Kimberley area, North Western Australia, Western Australia,
- 1920s
- 1990s
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