No Church in the Wild
Author(s): Murray Middleton
Contemporary Fiction | General Fiction for Dad | Australian Fiction for Dad
It's been five long years since violence erupted between young migrants and local police in Melbourne's inner west. A police-led trip to hike the Kokoda Trail hopes to rebuild relationships in the community, but as training gets underway, fresh allegations of racial profiling have everyone on a knife-edge.
For wannabe rapper Ali, pride is hard to come by in the commission towers as both gentrification and his best friend's court date creep closer. Classmate Tyler's anger - at his dysfunctional family, and a world that denies his dreams - is close to ignition, and the way out is dangerously narrow. Young and idealistic teacher Anna's life is in disarray, but she knows she has to take a stand against the school system that's failing her students. And Paul, a cop new to the beat, quickly realises that it'll take a lot more than community policing to repair the mutual mistrust with local youth.
From the vial-studded stairs of the high-rises to the melting pot classrooms of secondary schools, to the mud-sucking jungle of Kokoda, No Church in the Wild is a deeply researched, richly imagined novel that interrogates the jaggedness of contemporary Australian society and the prejudices that still underpin it.
Product Information
General Fields
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- : Pan Macmillan Australia Pty, Limited
- : Pan Macmillan Australia Pty, Limited
- : 474.0
- : 25 March 2024
- : 230mm x 154mm x 230mm
- : books
Special Fields
- : Murray Middleton
- : Paperback
- : 384