EAN: 9780063076006

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Arresting powerful and very much worth reading.-Scott Simon (NPR)A tale of violence and redemption in the Australian Outback....Fast-paced and brimming with colorful realistic detail the novel poses disturbing questions about the Australia's historic cruelty to its native inhabitants....A complex sophisticated morality play. (Starred Kirkus Review)The author of the acclaimed Only Killers and Thieves returns to turn-of-the-century Australia in this powerful sequel that follows the story of brothers Tommy and Billy McBride the widow of their family's killer Katherine Sullivan and the sadistic Native Police officer Edmund NooneIn 1890 estranged brothers Tommy and Billy McBride are living far apart in Queensland each dealing with the trauma that destroyed their family in different ways. Now 21 Billy bottles his guilt and justifies his past crimes while attempting to revive his father's former cattle run and navigate his feelings for the young widow Katherine Sullivan. Katherine meanwhile cherishes her newfound independence but is struggling to establish herself as head of the vast Broken Ridge cattle empire her corrupt late husband mercilessly built.But even in the outback the past cannot stay buried forever. When a judicial inquest is ordered into the McBride family murders and the subsequent reprisal slaughter of the Kurrong people both Billy and Police Inspector Edmund Noone - the man who led the massacre - are called to testify. The inquest forces Billy to relive events he has long refused to face. He desperately needs to find his brother Tommy who for years has been surviving in the wilderness attempting to move on with his life. But Billy is not the only one looking for Tommy. Now the ruthless Noone is determined to find the young man as well and silence both brothers for good.An enthralling propulsive adventure that builds in suspense told in gorgeous prose and steeped in history andatmosphere Dust Off the Bones raises timeless issues of injustice honor morality systemic racism and the abuse of power. With an unflinching eye Paul Howarth examines the legacy of violence and the brutal realities of life in a world remarkably familiar to our own.

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