Leverson, the narrator at the centre of these stories, calls himself a "people freak." Seduced by north Queensland's sultry beauty and unique strangeness, he is as fascinated by the invading hordes of misfits from the south as by the old established Queenslanders. Leverson's ironical yet compassionate view makes every story, every incident, a pointed example of human weakness—or strength.

Hunting the Wild Pineapple

Literature & Fiction

ASTLEY, THEA

Literary

Penguin??Books

A group of tourists try to escape from their dissatisfaction with life on a trip to a tropical island, but find their plans disrupted by a hurricane

A Boat Load of Homefolk

British & Irish

Wafer seeks out a place safe from the threat of war and settles in the remote town of Allbut in Queensland, Australia

AN Item from the Late News

Penguin

Beachmasters

Penguin Australia

George Brewster, an Australian journalist, travels from city to city and mistress to mistress convinced of his own wisdom

The Well-dressed Explorer

The Beachmasters

This novel about the Laffey family, set in turn-of-the-century Australia, is written by the author of "Well-Dressed Explorer", one of three of her novels which have won the Miles Franklin Award and "A Kindness Cup" which won the Australian Book of the Year Award in 1975.

It's Raining in Mango: Pictures from a Family Album (King Penguin)

The story of Taws, an Australian town about to celebrate its 20th anniversary. But one man is not about to celebrate. Returning from 15 years exile, he is intent on reminding the town of the brutal acts they perpetrated during their early years of settlement.

A Kindness Cup

Genre Fiction

<p>In Queensland last century disperse meant slaughter.Terrified at seeing her companions murdered, Kohowo jumped from the cliff  called The Leap , clutching her baby.  Twenty years later the local townspeople  gather to celebrate progess, prosperity and civilisation.  Tom Dorohy returns with his memories of the crimes but his attempts to prove guilt are not even welcomed by the surviving victims.</p>

Contemporary

<p>A young Australian woman, the daughter of an American musician, looks back on the people and forces that shaped her life</p>

Reaching Tin River

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Books by ASTLEY, THEA

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Hunting the Wild Pineapple

A Boat Load of Homefolk

AN Item from the Late News

Beachmasters

The Well-dressed Explorer

The Beachmasters

It's Raining in Mango: Pictures from a Family Album (King Penguin)

A Kindness Cup

A Kindness Cup

Reaching Tin River