Michael Costello Michael Costello i(A117494 works by)
Gender: Male
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1 y separately published work icon Season of Hate Michael Costello , Leichhardt : A and A Book Publishing , 2015 8732507 2015 single work novel

'Discrimination towards others is sometimes based on as little as difference of appearance or culture and fuelled by intolerance. When confronted by it, do we turn our backs and walk away, or take a stand beside the oppressed?

'1985 and Pat the narrator returns to his small wheat town to settle his father’s estate. He recalls the events when he first moved there from Sydney as an eight year old in 1955 with twin brother Doug and his GP father.

'Season of Hate is the moving story of the friendship between the boys and Johnny, the mute Aboriginal teenager. In those first two years in their seemingly ideal world, the boys are exposed to the best and worst of human nature as they become aware of the undercurrents of discrimination and racial bigotry that erupt into violence.

'In particular, that one night where Pat’s own life is challenged. The night where one wanton act places the town’s very livelihood in jeopardy.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

1 Royal Affair Michael Costello , 2008 single work drama

'Flo and Queenie live in the shrinking country town of Dungarra. Now in their 60s, they've known each other since kindergarten, closest friends and deadliest rivals. When working class Flo is widowed, she is forced through economic circumstances to accept the hospitality of Queenie, the doctor's widow. Little do they know that their lives, and that of their friend Maurie, are about to be turned upside down. The Queen is coming to Dungarra on what could be the last Royal Tour, and Queenie is beside herself with joy - but Flo's mind is on saving the little town from economic ruin. Soon personal secrets are unearthed and old scores, still unsettled, rise to the surface...'

Source: Australian Script Centre website, http://www.ozscript.org/
Sighted: 19/08/2008

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