Beating the bounds

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  • Published 20220428
  • ISBN: 978-1-922212-71-9
  • Extent: 264pp
  • Paperback (234 x 153mm), eBook

‘LIKE THE BROLGA Dancers at the Mullet Run,’ Murree grinned, squatting easily against the base of a gum tree not far below the Botanical Garden. He released a stream of dark tobacco juice onto the grass. A short distance away, Mulanyin was enduring his third riding lesson.

‘Proper elegant,’ agreed Nita. The corners of her mouth twitched as she spoke.

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