The Low Road
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Wild, a doctor de-registered because of his morphine addiction, cast out by his wife, and on the run from the law, checks into a dingy motel on the fringe of the city. He is rather obviously a doctor, carrying a medical bag with him, and so it is to him that Sylvia, the motel manager, turns when a young man with a gunshot wound is dumped on her doorstep.
The wounded man Lee is also on the run. He was shot during what should have been a simple money retrieval job, complicated by the fact that he has decided to keep the rather paltry sum of money for himself. Now Josef, the man who sent Lee to get the money, wants it back. Or rather his boss wants it back.
Wild was a GP and has never dealt with gunshot wounds and he decides to take Lee into the country to the house of doctor he knows. Their subsequent journey with Josef in pursuit is quest-like, with critical consequences for all concerned.
THE LOW ROAD was shortlisted for the 2006 Victorian Premier's Award for an unpublished manuscript. In 2008 it won the Ned Kelly Award for Best First novel.
Bleak, powerful, exceptionally good writing and imagery. Just read it...
Journal Entry 2 by 
crimson-tide
at Balingup, Western Australia Australia on Thursday, December 11, 2014
crimson-tide at Balingup, Western Australia Australia on Thursday, December 11, 2014
Released 9 yrs ago (12/12/2014 UTC) at Balingup, Western Australia Australia
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Travelling across the continent with a few others.
This one is a must read.
This one is a must read.
Sounds good. Thanks crimson-tide.
