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Augustown by Kei Miller

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Augustown

Author
Kei Miller
Narrator
Dona Croll
Publisher
Orion
Publish Date
14 July 2016
Run Time
7 hours 32 minutes
Format
Audiobook
Genre
Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary
Rating
5.0 (1 review)

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What to expect

It is 11 April 1982 and a smell is coming down John Golding Road right alongside the boy-child, something attached to him, like a spirit but not quite. Ma Taffy is growing worried. She knows that something is going to happen. Something terrible is going to pour out into the world. But if she can hold it off for just a little bit longer, she will. So she asks a question that surprises herself even as she asks it, 'Kaia, I ever tell you bout the flying preacherman?'

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(p) 2016 Orion Publishing Group

Critics Review

  • This is my ultimate beach read. It has an explosive beginning that draws in a reader in the best way, excellent storytelling, incredible prose. It will keep you absorbed until the sun goes down

    Reni Eddo-Lodge, author of Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race

  • Driven by atmosphere more than plot, the language is as clear as spring water

    OBSERVER

  • Richly nuanced and empathetic . . . a vivid modern fable

    GUARDIAN

  • Like a wide-angled lens, Miller's novel fits much into a small frame - Augustown itself, Rastafari, gang and police violence, religious opposition to colonial rule - but still gives an impression of space

    DAILY TELEGRAPH

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  • Truly panoramic

    SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

  • Miller's storytelling is superb, its power coming from the seamless melding of the magical and the everyday, which gives his novel a significant fabular quality

    Sunday Times

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Details
Author
Kei Miller
Narrator
Dona Croll
Duration
7 hours 32 minutes
Release Date
14 July 2016
ISBN
9781409165835
Format
Audiobook
Publisher
Orion
Genre
Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary
Rating
5.0(1 review)
Narration
5.0(1 review)

Synopsis

It is 11 April 1982 and a smell is coming down John Golding Road right alongside the boy-child, something attached to him, like a spirit but not quite. Ma Taffy is growing worried. She knows that something is going to happen. Something terrible is going to pour out into the world. But if she can hold it off for just a little bit longer, she will. So she asks a question that surprises herself even as she asks it, 'Kaia, I ever tell you bout the flying preacherman?'Read Dona Croll(p) 2016 Orion Publishing Group

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