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Affection

by Ian Townsend
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Shortlisted for the National Year of Reading 2012 Award
January 1900, and Australia's tropical north just got a little hotter. An outbreak of plague is suspected, and the Queensland Government sends Dr Alfred Jefferis turner - small, refined and immaculately dressed - to assess the situation. turner, armed with a microscope, a butterfly net and his lovelorn yet devout colleague, Dr Linford Row, is met with incredulity, not least by local councillors who insist it's only typhoid. Fifty-two possible plague-carriers - including two prominent MPs - are isolated in a dilapidated quarantine station on Magnetic Island. Meanwhile, in town, the sewers overflow, the streets choke with rubbish; and still no-one wants to listen. When Dr Row delivers a letter from one of the quarantined men to his hauntingly beautiful wife, he ensnares both himself and the eccentric Dr turner in a hotbed of small-town scandal and fear. Written with wit and wonder, Affection uncovers a unique period in Australian history. A novel based on a true story of shonky politics, courageous medicos, and humidity, it's also a mystery of heart and mind.

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  • Release date

    February 1, 2010

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9780730401094
      • File size: 330 KB

    • EPUB ebook

      • ISBN: 9780730401094
      • File size: 330 KB

  • Languages

    • English

Formats

  • OverDrive Read
  • EPUB ebook

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  • English

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