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This is the story of an Aboriginal youth, a bodgie of the early 1960s. He grows up on the ragged outskirts of a country town, falls into petty crime, goes to gaol and comes out to do battle, once more, with the society that put him there.Tags
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Australia's Greatest Books, as chosen by Geoffrey Dutton (1985)
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Australia's Greatest Books (1965)
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical title
- Wild Cat Falling
- Original publication date
- 1965
- Important places*
- Perth, Australie
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- Genres
- Fiction and Literature, General Fiction
- DDC/MDS
- 808 — Literature & rhetoric Literature, rhetoric & criticism Rhetoric and collections of literary texts from more than two literatures
- LCC
- PR9619.3 .N32 .W55 — Language and Literature English English Literature English literature: Provincial, local, etc.
- BISAC
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- 135
- Popularity
- 243,164
- Rating
- (3.80)
- Languages
- English, French, Italian
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 15
- ASINs
- 9
