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Oyster

by Janette Turner Hospital · 1996

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Outer Maroo, a small, opal mining town in the Australian outback, is stewing in heat, drought, and guilty anxiety. Some ghastly cataclysm has occurred on the opal fields, but this is a taboo subject. At the heart of the mystery is the cult messiah, Oyster, dressed in white, sexually compelling, and preaching the end of time.

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literary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1990s1990sMore like thisLess of thisAustraliaAustraliaMore like thisLess of thisCanadaCanadaMore like thisLess of thisQueenslandQueenslandMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
long · 408 pages

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