Corporal Hitlers Pistol

Corporal Hitlers Pistol
Thomas Keneally
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Trade Paperback
h234 x 153mm - 352pg
31 Aug 2021 AU
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9781760893224
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How did Corporal Hitler' s Luger from the First World War end up being the weapon that killed an IRA turncoat in Kempsey, New South Wales, in 1933? When an affluent Kempsey matron spots a young Aboriginal boy who bears an uncanny resemblance to her husband, not only does she scream for divorce, attempt to take control of the child' s future and upend her comfortable life, but the whole town seems drawn into chaos. A hero of the First World War has a fit at the cinema and is taken to a psychiatric ward in Sydney, his Irish farmhand is murdered, and a gay piano-playing veteran, quietly a friend to many in town, is implicated. Corporal Hitler' s Pistol speaks to the never-ending war that began with ' the war to end all wars' . Rural communities have always been a melting pot and many are happy to accept a diverse bunch . . . as long as they don' t overstep. Set in a town he knows very well, in this novel Tom Keneally tells a compelling story of the interactions and relationships between black and white Australians in early twentieth-century Australia.
Tom Keneally won the Booker Prize in 1982 with Schindler' s Ark, later made into the Steven Spielberg Academy Award-winning film Schindler' s List. His non-fiction includes the memoir Searching for Schindler and Three Famines, an LA Times Book of the Year, and the histories The Commonwealth of Thieves, The Great Shame and American Scoundrel. His fiction includes Shame and the Captives, The Daughters of Mars, The Widow and Her Hero (shortlisted for the Prime Minister' s Literary Award), An Angel in Australia and Bettany' s Book. His novels The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith, Gossip from the Forest, and Confederates were all shortlisted for the Booker Prize, while Bring Larks and Heroes and Three Cheers for the Paraclete won the Miles Franklin Award. The People' s Train was longlisted for the Miles Franklin Award and shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers Prize, South East Asia division.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9781760893224
Published: 31 Aug 2021
Published In: Australia
Imprint: Penguin Books Australia
Publisher: Penguin Books Australia
Format: Trade Paperback
Height: 234mm
Width: 153mm
Pages: 352

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