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'Set amid the skyscrapers of 1890s Chicago and the far-flung islands of the South Pacific, Bright and Distant Shores is both a sweeping epic and a triumph of lyrical storytelling. Chicago First Equitable has won the race to construct the world's tallest building and its president, Hale Gray, hits upon a surefire way to make it an enduring landmark: to establish on the roof an exhibition of real-life "savages".
'He sponsors a South Seas voyage to collect not only weaponry and artefacts, but also "several natives related by blood" for the company's rooftop spectacle. Caught up in this scheme are two orphans: Owen Graves, the voyage's head trader from Chicago's South Side, and Argus Niu, a mission houseboy in Melanesia - two young men haunted by their pasts.' (From the publisher's website.)
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Dedication:
For the original clan, with love and gratitude -
Fran, Lanny, Tamara, Nicole and Natasha.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
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The Picks of the Crop
2011
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— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 6 August 2011; (p. 26-27) The judges of the 2011 Age Book of the Year Awards comment on each of the fifteen shortlisted titles. Morag Fraser and Maria Tumarkin comment on the non-fiction titles, David McCooey on the poetry titles and Jo Case and Chris Flynn on the fiction titles. -
Voyage to the Edge of Humanity
2011
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— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 28-29 May 2011; (p. 33)
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Fiction Reviews
2011
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— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 26 - 27 February 2011; (p. 24)
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Tale of a Shrinking World
2011
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— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 26 - 27 February 2011; (p. 23)
— Review of Bright and Distant Shores 2011 single work novel -
Dominic Smith
2011
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biography
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 12-13 March 2011; (p. 34-35)
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Untitled
2011
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review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , March vol. 90 no. 6 2011; (p. 31)
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Ambition in Towering Detail
2011
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— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 26 February 2011; (p. 23)
— Review of Bright and Distant Shores 2011 single work novel -
The New Pacific Solution
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 26-27 February 2011; (p. 18-19)
— Review of Bright and Distant Shores 2011 single work novel -
Untitled
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , March no. 329 2011; (p. 40)
— Review of Bright and Distant Shores 2011 single work novel -
Pick of the Week
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 12 March 2011; (p. 38)
— Review of Bright and Distant Shores 2011 single work novel -
Dominic Smith
2011
single work
biography
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 12-13 March 2011; (p. 34-35) -
The Picks of the Crop
2011
single work
column
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 6 August 2011; (p. 26-27) The judges of the 2011 Age Book of the Year Awards comment on each of the fifteen shortlisted titles. Morag Fraser and Maria Tumarkin comment on the non-fiction titles, David McCooey on the poetry titles and Jo Case and Chris Flynn on the fiction titles. -
Between Worlds : Dominic Smith on Bright and Distant Shores
2011
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interview
— Appears in: Crikey , September 2011;
Awards
- 2012 shortlisted Festival Awards for Literature (SA) — Award for Fiction
- 2011 shortlisted The Age Book of the Year Award — Fiction Prize
- 2011 shortlisted Victorian Premier's Literary Awards — The Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction
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Chicago,
Illinois,
cUnited States of America (USA),cAmericas,
- South Pacific, Pacific Region,
- 1890s