num_pages: 240
description: A new work of fiction by the author of Remembering Babylon. It is 1827, and, in a remote hut high on the plains of New South Wales, two strangers spend the night in talk. One, an illiterate Irishman, and ex-convict and bushranger, is to be hanged at dawn. The other is the police officer who has been sent to supervise the hanging. As the night wears on, the two men share memories and uncover unlikely connections between their lives. 240 pp. Author tour. 20,000 print.
language: English
title: The Conversations at Curlow Creek
titlecomplete: The Conversations at Curlow Creek
genres: Australia, Historical, Contemporary, Novels, Historical Fiction, 20th Century, Literature, Literary Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 542
awards: awardedAt: 852105600000
name: Miles Franklin Literary Award
publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group