On the Java Ridge (Paperback)

Jock Serong

ISBN 10: 1925603806 / ISBN 13: 9781925603804

Published by Text Publishing, Melbourne, 2018

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Paperback. On the Java Ridge, skipper Isi Natoli and a group of Australian surf tourists are anchored off the Indonesian island of Dana. In the Canberra office of Cassius Calvert, Minister for Border Integrity, a federal election looms and a hardline new policy on asylum-seekers is being rolled out.Not far from Dana, the Takalar is having engine trouble. Among the passengers on board fleeing from persecution are Roya and her mother, and Roya's unborn sister.The storm now closing in on the Takalar and the Java Ridge will mean catastrophe for them all. A timely literary political thriller with a cracking narrative and heart-stopping writing. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: On the Java Ridge (Paperback)
• Publisher: Text Publishing, Melbourne
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1925603806
• ISBN 13: 9781925603804
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

The Java Ridge is a traditional-style Indonesian boat luxuriously fitted out for surfing tours. It is skippered by Isi Natoli, and her passengers are a mixed group of Australian surfers keen to track down the perfect wave. The Takalar is filled with fleeing refugees including Roya and her mother and Roya's unborn sister and it is having engine trouble. In Canberra, the Minister for Border Integrity, Cassius Calvert is facing a Federal election. He has just announced a hardline new policy which will stop maritime assistance to asylum-seeking vessels in distress. The storm closing in on the Takalar and the Java Ridge will mean catastrophe for them all. Written with heart-stopping tension, On the Java Ridge is Jock Serong's most confronting novel yet. It will fire renewed debate about where Australias refugee policies are taking us and challenge us to stop looking the other way.