'This is a rare beast - a page-turner for the thoughtful literary reader.' - Sydney Morning Herald'Adamson's writing isn't showy but marvellously sculpted, powerfully imagined prose, and her choice of words is intriguing, fresh yet hypnotic there's a sense of great artistry but a total absence of artifice.' - Sara Dowse, Canberra Times 'Adamson's first novel is compelling reading, with gripping action and memorable characters. The writing is superb - tight, evocative and often poetic.' - Adelaide Advertiser'The kind of book ...
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'This is a rare beast - a page-turner for the thoughtful literary reader.' - Sydney Morning Herald'Adamson's writing isn't showy but marvellously sculpted, powerfully imagined prose, and her choice of words is intriguing, fresh yet hypnotic there's a sense of great artistry but a total absence of artifice.' - Sara Dowse, Canberra Times 'Adamson's first novel is compelling reading, with gripping action and memorable characters. The writing is superb - tight, evocative and often poetic.' - Adelaide Advertiser'The kind of book Cormac McCarthy might write should he make a woman his main character and Canada his settin at once picaresque adventure and western-style thriller.' - Weekend AustralianIn 1903, a mysterious, desperate young woman flees alone across the icy western wilderness of the Rocky Mountains. Her name is Mary Boulton. Bloodhounds track her through the trees. She is nineteen years old. Half mad. Already a widow - by her own hand. Pursued by two relentless and vengeful brothers, Mary is forced to flee ever deeper into the mountains and away from civilisation, into the darkness of her own memory.Along the way, she meets an unforgettable collection of rogues, guardian angels and eccentrics, who offer support, only to reveal that they too have their own demons raging inside. As Mary is plunged further away from civilisation, her path from retribution to redemption slowly unfurls.A startling transformation of the classic western narrative, The Outlander is the haunting tale of one young woman's deliberate journey deep into the wild.'A superb novel. The frayed material of the North American west is rendered in an astoundingly fresh light. The Outlander is also suspenseful to a degree that you are often in a state of physical unrest, a condition only occasioned by first-rate fiction.' - Jim Harrison
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Very Good. A brooding, compelling, fugitive-on-the-run story Shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize, Winner of the International Association of Crime Writers Dashiell Hammett Prize, Longlisted for the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 25. Weight in Grams: 274. Used paperback, in very good condition. Some shelf wear. 2010. Paperback.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
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I really enjoyed this and read through it quickly, anxious to see what would happen next. Mary grows up neglected by her father, who is bitter about his wifes death, and inadequatley raised or prepared for life by a well meaning but un-nurturing grandmother. She is married off at 17 to the first man who will have her. Mary seems to suffer from some mental instability and is driven over the edge by the death of her baby. Other details are meted out a little at a time throughout the story. After murdering her husband she is on the run from her two brothers-in-law who are hungry for vengeance. She manages to stay ahead of them incredibly, and somehow survives. She meets some very interesting characters along the way, and manages to learn quite a lot about survival in more ways than one. I loved this story and the fact that it made me really root for the murderess! GREAT!