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Black Rock White City

By: A. S. Patric
Narrated by: Robert Constantine
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During a hot Melbourne summer, Jovan's cleaning work at a bayside hospital is disrupted by acts of graffiti and violence. For Jovan, the mysterious words that must be cleaned away dislodge memories of the past....

Intensely human, yet majestic in its moral vision, Black Rock White City is an essential story of Australia's suburbs now, of displacement, immediate threat and the unexpected responses of two refugees as they try to reclaim their dreams.

©2015 A.S. Patric (P)2017 W F Howes Ltd Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction

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"One of the most fascinating writers in this part of the world." ( Sydney Morning Herald)
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This was my first experience with an audible book and it was terrific.
The story drags you in and you soon find yourself relating to the characters - Jovan and Suzannah.
In between mundane jobs and disengaged personal lives, runs the damage of the graffitist. Slowly we also get to understand the horror of Yugoslavia and how they come to be disenfranchised and downcast in Melbourne. We begin to feel for these poor people who have had to contend with so much in their lives, and, the psychological damage hasn't stopped just by being located in another country. The nastiness and casual traumas continue on until a pregnancy and near death experience bring them back to a place where maybe there can be some hope for the future.

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This is one of those times that I wish I had actually read the book instead of listening to the audio version. The entire novel was narrated in the same over-acted, midday soap opera,deep, voice. I found myself listening to the words and trying to imagine relevant paragraphs in a lighter tone. Not particularly enjoyable. There were also quite a few skips and irregular time intervals between paragraphs making the storyline difficult to follow at times.

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