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Wild Abandon

by Joe Dunthorne
Random. Jan. 2012. 336p. ISBN 9781400066841. $25; eISBN 9780679644647. CD: Random Audio. LITERARY
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British author Dunthorne scored with his first novel, Submarine, which was translated into ten languages and is now making waves as a feature film. His second novel features Don, founder of a commune in New South Wales that's faltering after 20 successful years, with his wife hiding out in a yurt, his son under the sway of a demagog, and his daughter dating a boy whose family represents the antithesis of commune values. Offbeat but socially incisive fiction from an author who's blasting off.
Reviewed by Barbara Hoffert , Aug 01, 2011
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