A Kindness Cup
First edition
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| Author | Thea Astley |
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| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Nelson Books, Australia |
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Publication date
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1974 |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 154 |
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| Preceded by | The Acolyte |
| Followed by | An Item from the Late News |
A Kindness Cup (1974) is a novel by Australian author Thea Astley. It won the 1975 The Age Book of the Year Award.
The novel is set in a cane-country town on the north Queensland coast. It deals with a wave of racist brutality in the 1860s and the attempts, some twenty or so years later, to rectify the wrongs caused.
Malcolm Pettigrove in The Canberra Times was not overly impressed with the book stating: "When Miss Astley drops the prose of the stylist and begins to function simply as a writer with a tale to tell her work becomes stark, tense, and most effectively dramatic."
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