Robust Fiction
"M°? Burdekin" is rich, robust fiction. In the remote Queensland township where the foundling hero grows up, gold prospectors jostle the shepherds and shearers from the runs, a medley gang, rough and picturesque, and well matched-if motleys matchby the oddities of store and pub. I wouldn’t vouch for the strict accuracy of every detail and every dab of colour in this view of life on the Burdekin 70 years ago, but I do vouch for this, that it’s a lively pleasure to meet Mrs. Sweeney of the Royal Rose, bursting in from the kitchen "buttonless with excitement," or Miss Hymovitch, who plies the curling tongs in a frenzy, burns off her fringe, and comes to the table smelling like a bush fire, or Gramma, who likes to tell people what mutton does to her stomach.-(From a review of "Mo Burdekin," by Sarah Campion, broadcast by J. H. E, Schroder, 3YA, April 14),
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 6, Issue 149, 1 May 1942, Page 3
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154Robust Fiction New Zealand Listener, Volume 6, Issue 149, 1 May 1942, Page 3
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