The animals in that country [Paperback]
McKay, Laura Jean2020
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Out on the road, no one speaks, everything talks. Hard-drinking, foul-mouthed, and allergic to bullshit, Jean is not your usual grandma. She's never been good at getting on with other humans, apart from her beloved granddaughter, Kimberly. Instead, she surrounds herself with animals, working as a guide in an outback wildlife park. And although Jean talks to all her charges, she has a particular soft spot for a young dingo called Sue. As disturbing news arrives of a pandemic sweeping the country, Jean realises this is no ordinary flu: its chief symptom is that its victims begin to understand the language of animals - first mammals, then birds and insects, too. As the flu progresses, the unstoppable voices become overwhelming, and many people begin to lose their minds, including Jean's infected son, Lee. When he takes off with Kimberly, heading south, Jean feels the pull to follow her kin. Setting off on their trail, with Sue the dingo riding shotgun, they find themselves in a stark, strange world in which the animal apocalypse has only further isolated people from other species. Bold, exhilarating, and wholly original, The Animals in That Country asks what would happen, for better or worse, if we finally understood what animals were saying.
Main title:
The animals in that country [Paperback] / Laura Jean Mckay.
Author:
McKay, Laura Jean, author
Imprint:
Melbourne : Scribe, 2020.©2020
Collation:
279 pages ; 24 cm
Awards:
Winner of the 2020 Aurealis Award for Best Science Fiction novelWinner of the 2021 Arthur C Clarke Award for science fiction
ISBN:
9781925849530 (paperback)1925849538 (paperback)97819258495309781925849530
Dewey class:
A823.4
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
367283
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaumaris Library | Adult Fiction - General | MACK | Available |
| Brighton Library | Adult Fiction - General | MACK | Available |
| Hampton Library | Adult Fiction - General | MACK | Available |