The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith
Thomas Keneally
A short Australian novel telling the story of an aboriginal worker who rebels against his overbearing employer, wreaking a trail of destruction
Read Time: ~3.1 hr
The Bird of Night
by Susan Hill (1972)
About this book
Francis Croft, the greatest poet of his age, was mad. His world was a nightmare of internal furies and haunting poetic vision. Harvey Lawson watched and protected him until his final suicide. From his solitary old age Harvey writes this brief account of their twenty years together and then burns all the papers to shut out an inquisitive world. The tautness and control that characterize Susan Hill’s work are abundantly evident in *The Bird of Night* as she magnificently handles the heights and depths, the splendours and miseries of madness and friendship.
Setting / LocationGlobal
Story EraLate 20th Century
Protagonist / CoreNotable Characters
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