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Death of a Coast Watcher

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In 1943 on Bougainville Island, New Guinea, a Japanese officer beheads Hugh Rand, an Australian spy - a coast watcher.

The spectators include villagers he terrorised as his mind frayed under the stress of pursuit by soldiers and their hounds.

Rand's influence transcends his death. For decades he plagues characters who strive to cope with him and one another in New Guinea, the Gilbert Islands, Australia and Japan.

Who misperceives? Lies? Self-destructs? Suffers? Loves? The layers unfold as the author entices us through cultural, historical and intellectual curtains, deep into minds and relationships disturbed by the Pacific war and Rand's legacy.

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Monsoon Books
1912049716 / 9781912049714
eBook (EPUB)
01/10/2020
464 pages
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