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Floodline

Carol Middleton reviews 'Floodline' by Kathryn Heyman

Floodline by Kathryn Heyman

by Carol Middleton
November 2013, no. 356

Floodline by Kathryn Heyman

Allen & Unwin, $29.99 pb, 247 pp, 9781743312797

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Floodline is the fifth novel by Kathryn Heyman, course director at Allen & Unwin’s Faber Academy. Set in an unspecified area of the United States, it follows a proselytising family, which is on a mission to save the godless inhabitants of Horneville on the eve of their annual gay mardi gras, Hornefest, when the city is devastated by floods.

 


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Floodline by Kathryn Heyman

Allen & Unwin, $29.99 pb, 247 pp, 9781743312797

ABR receives a commission on items purchased through this link. All ABR reviews are fully independent.


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