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Language
  
English

Media type
  
Print Paperback

Followed by
  
Cairo

Author
  
Chris Womersley

ISBN
  
9781921640605

Preceded by
  
The Low Road

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Publication date
  
2010

Pages
  
264 pp

Originally published
  
2010

Genre
  
Novel

Country
  
Australia

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Publisher
  
Scribe Publications, Melbourne

Similar
  
Chris Womersley books, Novels

Bereft is a 2010 novel by the Australian author Chris Womersley.

Contents

Plot summary

In 1919 the First World War is over and Spanish Flu is at epidemic proportions in Australia. Quinn Walker returns from the war to the small town of Flint to face the consequences of his sister's killing, ageing parents and a police constable who is intent on blaming him for the death.

Awards

  • 2012 longlisted International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award
  • 2012 shortlisted The National Year of Reading 2012 Our Story Collection — New South Wales
  • 2012 shortlisted Crime Writers' Association (UK) — The CWA Gold Dagger
  • 2011 winner Indie Awards — Fiction
  • 2011 shortlisted Miles Franklin Literary Award

    • Reviews

  • Australian Crime Fiction
  • Kill Your Darlings
  • The Sydney Morning Herald

    • References

    Bereft (novel) Wikipedia
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