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Alice to Nowhere

By: Evan Green
Narrated by: Richard Aspel
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 Once a fortnight, Fred Crawford drives his battered truck on the toughest mail run in the world - across sand dunes, salt pans and the fearsome Stony Desert. For the men and women of the remote cattle stations on the way, Fred's visit is a welcome diversion, especially when he brings a new nursing sister for the tiny mission hospital at Birdsville. But trouble also arrives. Two vicious men have stowed away, fleeing a brutal murder. Alice to Nowhere is the story of desperate men and lonely people. It is an action-packed drama played out under the awesome influence of the vast emptiness of the Australian outback.©1984 Evan Green (P)1996 Bolinda Publishing Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Suspense Thriller & Suspense

Editorial reviews

Richard Aspel has a voice well-suited to this tale of action and intrigue in Australia’s famed, desolate Outback. Deep and rich with plenty of gravel, Aspel occasionally hushes his tone to draw the listener in.

Alice to Nowhere, the first book by the late Australian motor enthusiast Evan Green, focuses on Fred Crawford, a tough mailman who delivers mail by car to the most remote places in Australia - including the Stony Desert, which seems positively Martian. One day in 1957, Fred is delivering Barbara Dean, a young nurse, to central Australia. Mayhem erupts when a couple of desperadoes overtake Fred’s truck and hold Barbara hostage. Alice to Nowhere is for those who love action and the brutal beauty of the desert.

Critic Reviews

"Exciting ... an excellent thriller." (The Sydney Daily Telegraph)
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I enjoyed all the information regarding descriptions of town, rivers, creeks, stations and Fred the Mailman of the Birdsville Track (have read the factual book of this).

The story-line was ok, but the ongoing scenarios just became ludicrous and overwhelmed the more interesting content. Never did find out if Sister Barbara got to do her nursing at Birdsville - GRR! I found myself saying “Seriously, that’s just stupid” - bit like the review that classed this book as difficult!

A Bit Far-Fetched!

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I have listened to this audiobook twice and it was just as good the second time, it keeps you riveted to the story right until the end.

Excellent listening

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a good book for the first 1/2 but so dragged out
found myself yelling at the stupid decisions the characters made time and time again
ended up skipping though the last 1hour in 15mins that was plenty of time and plenty of storyline to end the book

I still enjoyed it though

difficult

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