Set in the precariously settled coastal town of Desperance, Carpentaria is the unforgettable portrait of the powerful Phantom family, leader of the Westend Pricklebush people, and its battles with old Joseph Midnights renegade Eastend mob on the one hand, and the white officials of Uptown and the neighbouring Gurfurrit mine on the other.By turns operatic and surreal, Wrights stunning and richly imagined storytelling is a blend of myth and scripture, farce and politics. Her extraordinary characters Elias Smith the outcast saviour, the religious zealot Mozzie Fishman, the murderous mayor Stan Bruiser, the mothridden Captain Nicoli Finn, the activist and prodigal son Will Phantom, and above all, the rulers of the family, the queen of the rubbishdump and the fishembalming king of time, Angel Day and Normal Phantom stride like giants in this stormswept world.

Binding: Paperback;512 pages; Publisher: Hachette UK Distribution; Classification: FA; Weight: 524 g; Dimensions: 197 x 133 x 32

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