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Affection by Ian Townsend
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ABOUT
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1900, and Australia's tropical north just got a little hotter. An outbreak of plague is suspected, and the Queensland government sends Dr. Alfred Jefferis Turner - small, refined and immaculately dressed - to assess the situation. Turner, armed with a microscope, a butterfly net and his lovelorn yet devout colleague, Dr. Linford Row, is met with incredulity, not least by local councillors who insist its only typhoid. Fifty-two possible plague carriers - including two prominent MPs - are isolated in a dilapidated quarantine station on Magnetic Island. Meanwhile, in town, the sewers overflow, the streets choke with rubbish; and still no one wants to listen. When Dr. Row delivers a letter from one of the quarantined men to his hauntingly beautiful wife, he ensnares both himself and the eccentric Dr. Turner in a hotbed of small-town scandal and fear. Written with wit and wonder, Affection uncovers a unique period in Australian history. A novel based on a true story of shaky politics, courageous medicos, and humidity, it's also a mystery of the heart and mind. |
| ABOUT THE AUTHOR |
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Ian Townsend is a journalist with ABC Radio's national current affairs programs. He has won a number of awards, including a national Eureka Prize for science, technology and engineering journalism. He lives in Brisbane with his wife, Kirsten, and their daughter, Charlotte. Affection is his first novel. |
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