Omega Park
By (Author) Amy Barker
University of Queensland Press
University of Queensland Press
3rd August 2009
Australia
General
Fiction
823.4
Paperback
258
Width 130mm, Height 198mm, Spine 20mm
252g
Omega Park is a housing commission estate on the fringes of Queensland's Gold Coast. Dingo Patterson and Jacob Box are growing up and trying to survive. Surrounded by broken families, crime and desperation, they are young men with dreams of a different life. When a car chase ends in tragedy for one of the boys, relations with the police and within the community reach crisis point. Amy Barker tells a sobering tale of modern warfare in the suburbs with confidence and assurance. She explores how life on society's margins can mean the end of the road for some, and offer the possibility of escape for others.
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