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Corporal Hitler's pistol
Tag	Description
001	$ 000069323292
020	$a9781760893224
020	$a1760893226
082	$aA823.3
100	$aKeneally, Thomas,$d1935-
260	$aMilsons Point, NSW :$bVintage Australia,$c2021.
300	$a335 pages ;$c24 cm.
520	$aWhen an affluent Kempsey matron spots a young Aboriginal boy who bears an uncanny resemblance to her husband, not only does she scream for divorce, attempt to take control of the child's future and upend her comfortable life, but the whole town seems drawn into chaos. A hero of the First World War has a fit at the cinema and is taken to a psychiatric ward in Sydney, his Irish farmhand is murdered, and a gay piano-playing veteran, quietly a friend to many in town, is implicated. Corporal Hitler's Pistol speaks to the never-ending war that began with 'the war to end all wars'. Rural communities have always been a melting pot and many are happy to accept a diverse bunch, as long as they don't overstep. Set in a town he knows very well, in this novel Tom Keneally tells a compelling story of the interactions and relationships between black and white Australians in early twentieth-century Australia.
650	$aWorld War, 1914-1918$xSocial aspects
650	$aSmall cities
650	$aCommunities
650	$aInterpersonal relations
650	$aAboriginal Australians
650	$aRace relations$zAustralia$y20th century
650	$aVeterans
650	$aMurder
651	$aAustralia$xRace relations
651	$aKempsey (N.S.W.)$xSocial conditions$y20th century
651	$aAustralia$xSocial life and customs$y20th century