Wild Cat Falling (Angus & Robertson Classics)

Mudrooroo

ISBN 10: 0207197326 / ISBN 13: 9780207197321

Published by Harpercollins Australia, 2002

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Wild Cat Falling (Angus & Robertson Classics)
• Publisher: Harpercollins Australia
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0207197326
• ISBN 13: 9780207197321
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 160 grams

About this title

Synopsis

This was the first novel by a writer of Aboriginal blood to be published in Australia and in 1965 marked a unique literary event.

Wild Cat Falling is the story of an Australia Aboriginal youth who grows up on the ragged outskirts of a country town. He falls into petty crime, goes to gaol and comes out to do battle once more with the society that put him there.

Mudrooroo is active in Aboriginal cultural affairs and is a prolific writer.

About the Author

Mudrooroo was born in WA, Australia in 1938 and has since traveled extensively. He is active in Aboriginal cultural affairs and was co-founder of the Aboriginal Writers, Oral Literature and Dramatists' Association. He is a prolific writer of poetry, prose and criticism. His first novel Wild Cat Falling was published in 1965.