Only killers and thieves
Subtitle: a novel
By: Paul Howarth
Edition: First edition.
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 319
ISBN-13: 9780062690968
Subjects: Fiction; Brothers; History
Description: It is 1885, and a crippling drought threatens to ruin the McBride family. Their land is parched, their cattle starving. When the rain finally comes, it is a miracle that renews their hope for survival. But returning home from an afternoon swimming at a remote waterhole filled by the downpour, fourteen-year-old Tommy and sixteen-year-old Billy meet with a shocking tragedy.