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'Ron McCoy lives an almost marsupial existence with his mother on the wild clifftop of the coastal town of Mangowak. He hunts and gathers while the town sleeps; he is acutely shy, but in the privacy of his imagination, fostered as it is by the oceanscape of his birth, all things are possible.

'When Roy's mother's health fails and they are forced to sell half their land, the subtle and not so subtle differences between old and new Australia come crashing in on them. What they bought for a song is now worth millions and the vultures are hovering...' (Publisher's blurb)

Notes

  • Dedication: For the children, and the child inside, love the earth...
  • 'What's water but the generated soul?' - W. B. Yeats

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Picador , 2007 .
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      Extent: 310p.
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      • Published 1 August 2007
      ISBN: 9780330423328

Works about this Work

In Short : Fiction Kerryn Goldsworthy , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 3-4 May 2008; (p. 30)

— Review of Ron McCoy's Sea of Diamonds : A Novel Gregory Day , 2007 single work novel
Down the Long and Winding Road Michael Williams , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 13 October 2007; (p. 22)

— Review of Ron McCoy's Sea of Diamonds : A Novel Gregory Day , 2007 single work novel
Writers with Readers in Mind Debra Adelaide , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian Literary Review , October vol. 2 no. 9 2007; (p. 21-23)

— Review of Napoleon's Double Antoni Jach , 2007 single work novel ; The River Baptists Belinda Castles , 2006 single work novel ; Ron McCoy's Sea of Diamonds : A Novel Gregory Day , 2007 single work novel ; The Low Road Chris Womersley , 2007 single work novel
Daylight Nicholas Drayson , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 294 2007; (p. 33)

— Review of Ron McCoy's Sea of Diamonds : A Novel Gregory Day , 2007 single work novel
Properties of the Good Life Discounted Christopher Bantick , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 1-2 September 2007; (p. 14)

— Review of Ron McCoy's Sea of Diamonds : A Novel Gregory Day , 2007 single work novel
Untitled Clive Tilsley , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , July vol. 87 no. 1 2007; (p. 56)

— Review of Ron McCoy's Sea of Diamonds : A Novel Gregory Day , 2007 single work novel
Properties of the Good Life Discounted Christopher Bantick , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 1-2 September 2007; (p. 14)

— Review of Ron McCoy's Sea of Diamonds : A Novel Gregory Day , 2007 single work novel
Daylight Nicholas Drayson , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 294 2007; (p. 33)

— Review of Ron McCoy's Sea of Diamonds : A Novel Gregory Day , 2007 single work novel
Writers with Readers in Mind Debra Adelaide , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian Literary Review , October vol. 2 no. 9 2007; (p. 21-23)

— Review of Napoleon's Double Antoni Jach , 2007 single work novel ; The River Baptists Belinda Castles , 2006 single work novel ; Ron McCoy's Sea of Diamonds : A Novel Gregory Day , 2007 single work novel ; The Low Road Chris Womersley , 2007 single work novel
Down the Long and Winding Road Michael Williams , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 13 October 2007; (p. 22)

— Review of Ron McCoy's Sea of Diamonds : A Novel Gregory Day , 2007 single work novel
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