The Fur (novel)

The Fur (novel)

Infobox Book |
name = The Fur
title_orig =
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image_caption = Cover of First Edition (Softcover)
author = Nathan Hobby
cover_artist = Adrienne Zuvela
country = Australia
language = English
series =
genre = Science fiction novel
publisher = Fremantle Arts Centre Press
release_date = 2004
media_type = Print (Paperback)
pages = 283 pp
isbn = ISBN 1-92073-101-6
preceded_by =
followed_by =

"The Fur" (softcover ISBN 1-92073-101-6) is a science fiction novel by author Nathan Hobby, published in 2004 after winning the 2002 T. A. G. Hungerford Award for unpublished new writers.cite news |title= Writing WA - TAG Hungerford Award Winners |url= http://www.writerswritingwa.org/site/index.php?module=subjects&func=viewpage&pageid=28 |date= September 2, 2005]

Plot summary

The Fur follows the late high school and early university years of the protagonist Michael Sullivan in an Alternate Reality version of Western Australia in the late 1990s following a meteor strike carrying an infectious and lethal fungus-like plague ('The Fur'). The entire state is under forced quarantine by Commonwealth and UN military forces.

The novel revolves largely around Sullivan's struggles with his religious beliefs and dilemma on whether or not to attempt to break quarantine and start a new life in the uninfected Eastern States of Australia, at the risk of death and certain cost of abandoning his family and friends forever.

External links

* [http://www.geocities.com/savageparade/promo.html Authors Homepage FAQ and extracts from the book]
* [http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1920731016 Page on Amazon.com]
* [http://www.api-network.com/cgi-bin/reviews/jrbview.cgi?n=1920731016 Book Review by Lisette Kaleveld, Edith Cowan University]

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