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Finn, a runaway, is sleeping in a dumpster when he first spots the space-suited tankermen dumping sludge in the drains, and the more he finds out about them, the less likely it seems that they are human at all
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Margo Lanagan was born in 1960 and grew up in Raymond Terrace (New South Wales) and Melbourne. She has travelled to places around the world, from the Nullabor Plain to Paris, been to university and worked in factories, kitchens and offices. She gets her best ideas while washing the dishes.Margo lives in Sydney with her partner and their two sons.
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Grade 7 Up-Fifteen-year-old Finn, who ran away from home because he couldn't get along with his cold, demanding father, is living on the streets of Sydney, Australia. One morning, he sees a strange figure in a white plastic suit and gas mask pumping vile-smelling, caustic waste from a tank truck into the public drains. The tankerman turns out to be one of several aliens who have ray guns and are committed to tracking down and killing anyone who gets in their way. With his new mate, Jed, a man in his 20s, Finn tails the strangers to their hideout and discovers human captives being kept in underground cages by strange, insectlike beings who are draining the life force from their prisoners. When Jed gets trapped in the hideout, Finn must go for help, which comes in the form of the unlikely but gutsy pair of his mother and stepmother. The proper authorities show up in time for the climactic destruction of the aliens. There are a few holes in this story. At the end, readers still don't know where the tankermen came from or whether more of them might be on their way, and it is never explained how a younger version of Finn's dying grandmother appears in the background of a TV soap opera to give him a vital clue. However, Finn is a likable and believable character, and his adventure is entertaining, highly readable, and has a nice Australian flavor.
Lyle Blake Smythers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Lyle Blake Smythers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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- PublisherAllen & Unwin
- ISBN 10 1863732535
- ISBN 13 9781863732536
- BindingPaperback
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