Wild Cat Falling (Paperback)

Mudrooroo

ISBN 10: 0207197326 / ISBN 13: 9780207197321

Published by HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd, New South Wales, 2001

About this Item

Paperback. Wild Cat Falling is the story of an Aboriginal youth, a 'bodgie' of the early sixties who grows up on the ragged outskirts of a country town, falls into petty crime, goes to gaol, and comes out to do battle once more with the society who put him there. Its publication in 1965 marked a unique literary event, for this was the first novel by any writer of Aboriginal blood to be published in Australia. As well, it is a remarkable piece of literature in its own right, expressing the dilemmas and conflicts of the young Aboriginal in modern Australian society with its memorable insight and stylishness. This is the story of an Aboriginal youth, a "bodgie" of the early 1960s. He grows up on the ragged outskirts of a country town, falls into petty crime, goes to gaol and comes out to do battle, once more, with the society that put him there. 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: Wild Cat Falling (Paperback)
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd, New South Wales
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0207197326
• ISBN 13: 9780207197321
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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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.