 First edition | |
| Author | Tom Flood |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Allen & Unwin, Australia |
Publication date | 1989 |
| Publication place | Australia |
| Media type | Paperback |
| Pages | 261 pp |
| ISBN | 0-04-910111-0 |
| OCLC | 21834255 |
| 823 20 | |
| LC Class | PR9619.3.F535 O27 1989 |
Oceana Fine is a 1990 Miles Franklin Award-winning novel by Australian author Tom Flood. [1]
Finn Taylor is a university student who goes to work on a Western Australian wheat silo during his summer holidays. Beneath the land lie unused mine shafts, and above, the wheat silos. This novel is part mystery, part psychological thriller and part fantasy as it follows the rises and falls of a faming family.
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