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Issue Details: First known date: 2003... 2003 The Voices
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In the remote, blood-red landscape of the Australian bush, thirteen-year-old Billy Saint hears the haunting song of an Aboriginal girl. The song tugs at something deep, something larger and more powerful than himself. She has sung Billy up - and he is destined to love her for ever. In an Alice Springs hospital ten years later, recovering from gruesome wounds of mysterious origin, Billy attempts to explain the voices in his head. But only Cecily, the Aboriginal nurse, will listen. What unravels is a mesmerising account of the relationship between a man, the land he loves, and the spirits of the country, struggling to be heard before it's too late.' -- Book jacket

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • London,
      c
      England,
      c
      c
      United Kingdom (UK),
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Fourth Estate ,
      2003 .
      Extent: ix, 323p.p.
      Description: illus.
      ISBN: 1841152013
    • London,
      c
      England,
      c
      c
      United Kingdom (UK),
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Harper Perennial ,
      2004 .
      Extent: 323p.
      Description: map.
      ISBN: 1841152021

Works about this Work

An Eye for the Desert's Soul Delia Falconer , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 28-29 August 2004; (p. 11)

— Review of The Voices Susan Elderkin , 2003 single work novel
A Voice from the Wilderness Peter Fray , 2004 single work biography
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 7-8 August 2004; (p. 3)
Song of Sorrow Peter Pierce , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 20 July vol. 122 no. 6430 2004; (p. 65)

— Review of The Voices Susan Elderkin , 2003 single work novel
Brilliance and Spirit Calls in Brave Outback Vision Gillian Vale , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 10 July 2004; (p. 2a)

— Review of The Voices Susan Elderkin , 2003 single work novel
Brilliance and Spirit Calls in Brave Outback Vision Gillian Vale , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 10 July 2004; (p. 2a)

— Review of The Voices Susan Elderkin , 2003 single work novel
Song of Sorrow Peter Pierce , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 20 July vol. 122 no. 6430 2004; (p. 65)

— Review of The Voices Susan Elderkin , 2003 single work novel
An Eye for the Desert's Soul Delia Falconer , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 28-29 August 2004; (p. 11)

— Review of The Voices Susan Elderkin , 2003 single work novel
A Voice from the Wilderness Peter Fray , 2004 single work biography
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 7-8 August 2004; (p. 3)
Last amended 3 Oct 2011 15:52:40
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  • Kimberley area, North Western Australia, Western Australia,
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