Dancing home / Paul Collis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Collis, Paul, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indigenous peoples--Australia--Fiction.

Indigenous peoples.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (215 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

St. Lucia, Queensland : UQP, 2017.

Summary:

"When he was in gaol, he'd begun to prepare himself for the fight of his life, a showdown with the policeman, McWilliams ... he'd face life with death, and see who blinked first." Blackie and Rips are fresh out of prison when they set off on a road trip back to Wiradjuri country with their mate Carlos. Blackie is out for revenge against the cop who put him in prison on false grounds. He is also craving to reconnect with his grandmother's country. Driven by his hunger for drugs and payback, Blackie reaches dark places of both mystery and beauty as he searches for peace. He is willing to pay for that peace with his own life. Part road-movie, part 'Koori-noir', Dancing Home announces an original and darkly funny new voice.

Contents:

Cover

Author Biography

Title Page

Imprint Page

Dedication

Note to the Reader

Part I

Chapter 1: Travel Plans

Chapter 2: Remembering and Forgetting

Chapter 3: White Lines

Chapter 4: Becoming Wiradjuri

Chapter 5: Down the Road

Part II

Chapter 6: Dubbo, Dirty Old Town

Chapter 7: Love in a Dingy Bar

Chapter 8: Fighting in the Dingy Bar

Chapter 9: Dot's Place

Chapter 10: Boys' Talk

Chapter 11: Dreamin at Dot's

Chapter 12: Ghosts in Black Skin

Chapter 13: A Twist for the Twisted

Chapter 14: Give Up, Give In

Chapter 15: Police Negotiation Ain't Negotiation at All

Chapter 16: Leave It to the Wind.

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 16, 2017).

ISBN:

0-7022-5943-8