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Beaten By A Blow

Australia Softcover, ISBN 9780143010685
Publisher: Penguin Aus., 2009
‘The genuine article: gritty and honest and harsh as a crow’s cry.’ROBERT DREWEGrowing up, Dennis McIntosh was determined not to get stuck in a factory like his father. And when he takes a job as a roustabout he discovers what he really wants to be: a shearer, the king of the sheds. But it soon turns out this legendary occupation isn’t everything it seems. Dennis discovers what it feels like when your eyelids are the only bit of you that doesn’t hurt. When the heat in the sheds kills the…