The Drowning

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Publisher Place: Australia
Publisher Year: 2023
Edition: First Edition

Description: 274 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: With sales of over 16,000 copies of Sweet Jimmy , Bryan Browns distinctive storytelling voice continues in this unflinching, gripping novel.A work of rattling and serpentine suspense ... gripping and sinuous and so, so good. Trent DaltonThe body of a local teenage boy is found on the beach of a sleepy northern New South Wales town. David went for an evening swim and got into trouble . . . at least, thats what it looks like.Three weeks before, Leila, a young backpacker, didnt turn up for her shift at the local cafe. Benny, the owner, isnt worried. It happens - backpackers are always on the move. Therell be another one.One of the locals, Adrian, has been a help to Benny. Hes found him a nice little sideline. Not exactly legal. Is that all Adrian is arranging on the coast He once was a cop but has he gone badAnd in the back-blocks outside town, a bikie gang is gearing up for a large consignment from South America.Murder, drugs, liaisons and lies are stirring up this small coastal town.With Bryan Browns characteristic laconic storytelling - humorous, tough and suspenseful - the secrets of this seemingly idyllic town slowly come to the surface.Praise for Sweet JimmyUniquely Australian and uncommonly good, I could hear the authors voice in every spare, haunting line. More please. - Michael RobothamMy friend Bryan Brown, quite apart from his other manifold talents, turns out to be an excellent writer. An authentic voice; highly imaginative yet completely believable, with a flair for fully realised characters and a gripping narrative ... a great storyteller. This is utterly baffling. Im furious. - Sam Neill

ISBN: 9781761069802