29 November 2004
Drown Them in The Sea by Nicholas Angel
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Concludes: Friday 10/12/2004
Abridged by Gail MacCallum
Reader: Bill Young
This novel tells the story of Millvan and his wife Michelle, owners of a riverside property in a small outback farming community, who dream of moving to a house by the ocean. Instead, they struggle daily with drought, friends and adversaries and the wrenchingly familiar rural cycle of hope and despair.
Transcript
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Nicholas Angel is the winner of the prestigious Vogel Award for Literature.
Published by Allen and Unwin.
Sound engineer: Andrei Shabunov
Produced and directed by Anne Wynter
