The Animals in That Country
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Jean is a foul-mouthed, animal-loving guide at an outback wildlife park when a flu-like pandemic begins to let people understand the language of animals, and the noise drives many of them mad. When her infected son takes her granddaughter south, Jean follows with Sue, the young dingo in her care. A strange and moving novel about the animal voices we have never heard.
About the author
Laura Jean McKay
Laura Jean McKay is an Australian author and creative writing lecturer. In 2021, she won the Victorian Prize for Literature and the Arthur C. Clarke Award for her novel The Animals in That Country. In 2025, she was the Frank O'Connor International Fellow. Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Jean_McKay
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