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Seven Emus

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Language
  
English

Media type
  
Print

Followed by
  
Soldiers' Women

Author
  
Xavier Herbert

Publisher
  
Angus & Robertson

Publication date
  
1959

Pages
  
147 pp

Originally published
  
1959

Genre
  
Fiction

Preceded by
  
Capricornia

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Seven Emus (1959) is a novel by Australian author Xavier Herbert.

Contents

Plot outline

The novel's plot revolves around the attempt by two villains to steal a unique piece of indigenous Australian sculpture.

Critical reception

A reviewer in The Canberra Times called it an "improbable" tale, and was disappointed overall: "It is a pity that Xavier Herbert has chosen such an unlikely story to tell and that he has not fully disciplined his style and content to the exacting requirements of a short novel, for there is much in Seven Emus that is of high quality. Once the story gets under way, the plot unfolds swiftly, there is much understanding and humorous commenting on the more probable characters, and there is an overall understanding of the aborigines and of the North-West that is not often seen in Australian literature."

References

Seven Emus Wikipedia