Sign up today...
for featured titles, special offers, bestsellers, and more, in your inbox!
Close
Sign up today...
for featured titles, special offers, bestsellers, and more, in your inbox!
Distribution Programs
Sales Channels
Marketing Services
Digital Services
Specific Services for Publishers
Operations
FICTION
288 Pages, 6 x 11.25
Trade Paper, $26.95 (US $26.95) (CA $31.99)
Publication Date: February 2014
ISBN 9780702249976
Rights: WOR
University Of Queensland Press (Feb 2014)
University of Queensland Press
When a teenage boy is killed in a drive-by shooting, the events that unfold rock the lives of the migrant families of Cringila. School friends Jimmy and Piggy have witnessed the violent crime, but need to protect their fledgling drug business. After seasoned police detective Gordon Winter is assigned the murder case, his investigations uncover more than one death and an entrenched culture of loyalty and fear. On Cringila Hill weaves a gripping story of power, racial tensions, and blood ties in a once-vibrant industrial community.
“Beddoe has convincingly built the novel’s tough, male-centric world using a big cast of characters and a wide range of voices. . . . Recommended for readers who enjoy part detective, part coming-of-age stories.” —Books + Publishing
“Compelling and important—a major Australian novel.” —Professor Ross Fitzgerald, historian, on The Yalda Crossing
Noel Beddoe worked as a high school principal for 20 years. His published works include five books of fiction for teenagers; the adult novels Autumn and The Yalda Crossing; the memoir Dad and Me, which was included in the anthology Fathers in Writing; short fiction; poetry; and journalism.