{"product_id":"9780733643743","title":"Song of the Crocodile","description":"Author: Nardi Simpson\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780733643743\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Hachette Australia\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 29 Sep 2020\u003cbr\u003ePages: 416 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'SONG OF THE CROCODILE is a moving, wise and deeply rewarding novel from an astonishing writer' - Emily Maguire, author of AN ISOLATED INCIDENT\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDarnmoor, The Gateway to Happiness. The sign taunts a fool into feeling some sense of achievement, some kind of end- that you have reached a destination in the very least. Yet as the sign states, Darnmoor is merely a gateway, a waypoint on the road to where you really want to be. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDarnmoor is the home of the Billymil family, three generations who have lived in this 'gateway town'. Race relations between Indigenous and settler families are fraught, though the rigid status quo is upheld through threats and soft power rather than the overt violence of yesteryear.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs progress marches forwards, Darnmoor and its surrounds undergo rapid social and environmental changes, but as some things change, some stay exactly the same. The Billymil family are watched (and sometimes visited) by ancestral spirits and spirits of the recently deceased, who look out for their descendants and attempt to help them on the right path.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen the town's secrets start to be uncovered the town will be rocked by a violent act that forever shatters a century of silence.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFull of music, Yuwaalaraay language and exquisite description, \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSong of the Crocodile\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e is a lament to choice and change, and the unyielding land that sustains us all, if only we could listen to it.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'In \u003ci\u003eSong of the Crocodile\u003c\/i\u003e, Yuwaalaraay author Nardi Simpson makes a lightning debut.' - \u003ci\u003eKill Your Darlings\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46465982791838,"sku":"ADS-9780733643743","price":32.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780733643743.jpg?v=1770010793","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780733643743","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}