THE GOLDEN SOAK

by Hammond Innes ‧ RELEASE DATE: April 1, 1973

Wind and change resistant, this is another one of Hammond Innes' tenacious adventure stories where the ignis fatui glints with the promise of the pot of gold. The place this time is Western Australia -- unforgiving country -- red dust and sand, abos, roos and ghosts or as the natives call them Qunikans (Mr. Innes never skimps on his background). It is also the bolt-hole for derelicts, last chancers like Alec Falls who tells the story and who comes there looking for a big killing, or just desperate men like Ed Garrety who with his daughter Janet barely keep their land or cattle alive. But Ed remembers other promises -- the Golden Soak (now the scene of new fatalities), a mine which still holds out hope of gold and antimony, and another (copper -- also a killing ground) known as McIlroy's Monster. Tragedy still stalks the terrain and Ed walks deliberately to his death in a sandstorm but there will be other, firmer rewards for Alec -- a new life if not necessarily a richer one. It's all as solid as oak even where the grain shows -- you know him, you read him, you enjoy him.

Pub Date: April 1, 1973

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Knopf

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: April 1, 1973

Categories: FICTION