Wild Cat Falling

Colin Johnson

Published by Angus and Robertson, 1965

About this Item

Colin Johnson, Angus and Robertson. Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: No markingsA landmark of Australian literature, Wild Cat Falling chronicles the restless, directionless life of a young half-caste Aboriginal man newly released from prison in 1960s Perth, Western Australia. Written with raw, unflinching honesty, the novel presents its unnamed protagonist drifting through a world that offers him no clear identity - caught between white Australian society, which rejects him, and an Aboriginal culture from which he feels increasingly disconnected. Influenced by the Beat Generation and existentialist thought, the narrative captures a voice that is simultaneously defiant and deeply melancholic, illustrating the psychological toll of colonial dispossession on a personal, intimate scale. As the first novel published by an Aboriginal Australian author, it stands as a groundbreaking work that uncovers the systemic racism and social alienation embedded in mid-twentieth-century Australia with searing clarity.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Wild Cat Falling
• Publisher: Angus and Robertson
• Publication Date: 1965
• Binding: Hardback
• Book Type: Hardback