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When Colts Ran

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Language
  
English

Publication date
  
2010

Pages
  
346

Originally published
  
2010

Page count
  
346

Country
  
Australia

3.6/5
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Publisher
  
Vintage, Australia

Media type
  
Print (Paperback)

Followed by
  
The Following

Author
  
Roger McDonald

ISBN
  
9781864710410

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Preceded by
  
The Ballad of Desmond Kale

Similar
  
Roger McDonald books, Other books

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When Colts Ran is a 2010 novel by Australian novelist Roger McDonald.

Contents

Plot summary

The "Colts" of the title is the principal character, Kingsley Colts, an orphan being raised by World War I veteran Dunc Buckler and his wife Veronica. The novel follows the arc of Colts's life, from station hand to World War II in New Guinea to livestock agent, broken, forlorn and alcoholic.

Reviews

  • The Sydney Morning Herald
  • ANZ LitLovers LitBlog

    • Awards and nominations

  • 2011 shortlisted Indie Awards — Fiction
  • 2011 shortlisted Miles Franklin Literary Award
  • 2011 shortlisted Prime Minister's Literary Awards — Fiction
  • 2011 shortlisted Victorian Premier's Literary Awards — The Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction
  • 2012 longlisted International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award

    • References

    When Colts Ran Wikipedia
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