Wright’s novel Praiseworthy was hailed by judges as “an astonishing feat of storytelling”.
was named winner of the $60,000 Miles Franklin award. Wright becomes the first writer to win both the Miles and the Stella prizes for the same book, having already picked up the award for best writing by an Australian woman in May.The New York Times
Cause Man is obsessed with adding to the feral donkeys he has already corralled in the town cemetery, much to the irritation of his wife, Dance, and his sworn enemy, the albino Aboriginal mayor, Ice Pick.
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