The Ballad of Desmond Kale
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The Ballad of Desmond Kale is a Miles Franklin Award
winning novel by Australia
n author Roger McDonald
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with love and thanks
for gifts of conversation, friendship, and example
over a lifetime
Miles Franklin Award
The Miles Franklin Literary Award is an annual literary prize for the best Australian ‘published novel or play portraying Australian life in any of its phases’. The award was set up according to the will of Miles Franklin , who is best known for writing the Australian classic My Brilliant Career ...
winning novel by Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n author Roger McDonald
Roger McDonald
Roger McDonald is the author of seven novels, two works of non-fiction, and a number of other works....
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Dedication
For Lorna McDonaldwith love and thanks
for gifts of conversation, friendship, and example
over a lifetime