When Colts Ran
ABOUT
THE BOOK
In this sweeping epic of friendship, toil, hope and failed promise, multi-award-winning author Roger McDonald follows the story of Kingsley Colts as he chases the ghost of himself through the decades, and in and out of the lives and affections of the citizens of ‘The Isabel’, a slice of Australia scattered with prospectors, artists, no-hopers and visionaries. Against this spacious backdrop of sheep stations, timeless landscapes and the Five Alls pub, men play out their fates, conduct their rivalries and hope for the best.
NOMINATING LIBRARY COMMENTS
When Colts Ran evokes twentieth century rural Australia. It is an epic tale that captures the grandeur, optimism and decline of an Australian way of life. Multi-award winning author, Roger McDonald, has given us a cavalcade of rough-cut Australian characters to illustrate the way the optimism and confidence of rural Australia in the middle of the twentieth century slipped away and how experience, class and social expectation shaped communities. Shortlisted for Miles Franklin award.