Howarth, Paul

Only killers and thieves : a novel / Paul Howarth - New York : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers , 2018 - 319 p. ; 24 cm.

It is 1885, and a crippling drought threatens to ruin the McBride family. Their land is parched, their cattle starving. When the rain finally comes, it is a miracle that renews their hope for survival. But returning home from an afternoon swimming at a remote waterhole filled by the downpour, fourteen-year-old Tommy and sixteen-year-old Billy meet with a shocking tragedy.


English.

9780062690968


Brothers----Fiction


Australia---History---Fiction---19th century


Historical fiction

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