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ON THE JAVA RIDGE
ON THE JAVA RIDGE is a literary novel with the pace and tension of a thriller; a seafaring adventure with great momentum; and it is also a timely and poignant comment on the treatment of asylum seekers and the disconnect between public sentiment and political decisions.
On the Java Ridge, skipper Isi Natoli and a group of Australian surf tourists are tracking waves off the Indonesian island of Dana.
In the Canberra office of Cassius Calvert, Minister for Border Integrity, a Federal election looms and (not coincidentally) a hardline new policy is being announced regarding maritime assistance to asylum-seeker vessels in distress.
A few kilometres away from Dana, the Takalar is having engine trouble. Among the passengers fleeing from persecution are Roya and her mother, and Roya's unborn sister.
The storm now closing in on the Takalar and the Java Ridge will mean catastrophe for them all.
Jock Serong lives and works on the far southwest coast of Victoria. He is a lawyer and features writer, and is the editor of Great Ocean Quarterly. His debut, Quota, won the Ned Kelly Award for Best First Crime Novel in 2015.
On the Java Ridge, skipper Isi Natoli and a group of Australian surf tourists are tracking waves off the Indonesian island of Dana.
In the Canberra office of Cassius Calvert, Minister for Border Integrity, a Federal election looms and (not coincidentally) a hardline new policy is being announced regarding maritime assistance to asylum-seeker vessels in distress.
A few kilometres away from Dana, the Takalar is having engine trouble. Among the passengers fleeing from persecution are Roya and her mother, and Roya's unborn sister.
The storm now closing in on the Takalar and the Java Ridge will mean catastrophe for them all.
Jock Serong lives and works on the far southwest coast of Victoria. He is a lawyer and features writer, and is the editor of Great Ocean Quarterly. His debut, Quota, won the Ned Kelly Award for Best First Crime Novel in 2015.
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Published 2017-08-01 by Text Publishing |