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'Ron McCoy lives an almost marsupial existence with his mother on the wild clifftop of the coastal town of Mangowak. He hunts and gathers while the town sleeps; he is acutely shy, but in the privacy of his imagination, fostered as it is by the oceanscape of his birth, all things are possible.
'When Roy's mother's health fails and they are forced to sell half their land, the subtle and not so subtle differences between old and new Australia come crashing in on them. What they bought for a song is now worth millions and the vultures are hovering...' (Publisher's blurb)
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Dedication: For the children, and the child inside, love the earth...
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'What's water but the generated soul?' - W. B. Yeats
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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In Short : Fiction
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 3-4 May 2008; (p. 30)
— Review of Ron McCoy's Sea of Diamonds : A Novel 2007 single work novel -
Down the Long and Winding Road
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 13 October 2007; (p. 22)
— Review of Ron McCoy's Sea of Diamonds : A Novel 2007 single work novel -
Writers with Readers in Mind
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian Literary Review , October vol. 2 no. 9 2007; (p. 21-23)
— Review of Napoleon's Double 2007 single work novel ; The River Baptists 2006 single work novel ; Ron McCoy's Sea of Diamonds : A Novel 2007 single work novel ; The Low Road 2007 single work novel -
Daylight
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 294 2007; (p. 33)
— Review of Ron McCoy's Sea of Diamonds : A Novel 2007 single work novel -
Properties of the Good Life Discounted
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 1-2 September 2007; (p. 14)
— Review of Ron McCoy's Sea of Diamonds : A Novel 2007 single work novel
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Untitled
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , July vol. 87 no. 1 2007; (p. 56)
— Review of Ron McCoy's Sea of Diamonds : A Novel 2007 single work novel -
Properties of the Good Life Discounted
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 1-2 September 2007; (p. 14)
— Review of Ron McCoy's Sea of Diamonds : A Novel 2007 single work novel -
Daylight
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 294 2007; (p. 33)
— Review of Ron McCoy's Sea of Diamonds : A Novel 2007 single work novel -
Writers with Readers in Mind
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian Literary Review , October vol. 2 no. 9 2007; (p. 21-23)
— Review of Napoleon's Double 2007 single work novel ; The River Baptists 2006 single work novel ; Ron McCoy's Sea of Diamonds : A Novel 2007 single work novel ; The Low Road 2007 single work novel -
Down the Long and Winding Road
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 13 October 2007; (p. 22)
— Review of Ron McCoy's Sea of Diamonds : A Novel 2007 single work novel
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Settings:
- Timboon - Port Campbell - Gellibrand River area, Geelong - Terang - Lake Bolac area, Victoria,
- Coast,
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