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Tourmaline (Text Classics) by Stow, Randolph; Carey, Gabrielle is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Tourmaline (Text Classics) about?
Once prosperous, the town of Tourmaline in outback Western Australia is dying. The mines are drying up and the land is riddled by drought. Those townspeople left have little to do but wile away the hours with drink. Salvation of sorts arrives in the form of Michael Random, a mysterious water diviner who emerges from the desert. As the towns reluctant messiah Random begins to spread the word of Christ. Desperate for a reprieve, many of the locals are drawn to his teachings, but a stubborn few remain sceptical of their new leader. A post-apocalyptic parable, Tourmaline is Randolph Stows most allusive and controversial novel. It remains a landmark in Australian literature more than half a century after its first publication. Julian Randolph 'Mick' Stow was born in Geraldton, Western Australia, in 1935. He attended local schools before boarding at Guildford Grammar in Perth, where the renowned author Kenneth Mackenzie had been a...
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It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Stow, Randolph; Carey, Gabrielle
- Publisher
- The Text Publishing Company
- Published
- 2015
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781925240306
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction, Historical Fiction
- Rating
- 4.1 / 5 (29 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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