The Clay Dreaming

The Clay Dreaming

This epic of British and Australian emigration, the game of cricket, and Aboriginal roots is set in Victorian London and brims with memorable characters and historical intrigue. May, 1868 an Aboriginal Australian cricket team begins a tour of England. One of the players is on a quest to explore his Truth, or Dreaming. Sarah Larkin s quiet routine, divided between her father's sick room and the British Library, takes on a completely new aspect when King Cole, aka Brippoki, arrives unannounced on her doorstep, requesting her help. A curious friendship develops as together they research the fate and fortune of Joseph Druce, a convicted felon, transported to New South Wales nearly 80 years earlier: sneak thief, drunkard, cattle rustler, Royal Navy deserter and quite possibly a murderer.

About the author
Ed Hillyer also known as ILYA is a British writer and artist. His books include the award-winning graphic novel series The End of the Century Club, "It s Dark in London," "K""ing Lear" (Manga Shakespeare series), and the graphic novel "Room." Illustration clients include the BBC, Royal Academy of Arts, and the "Guardian" and "Times" newspapers. Ed has edited three volumes of "The Mammoth Book of BEST NEW MANGA," and designs and tutors workshops and courses on the art of comics and manga for colleges, galleries, libraries, schools, and prisons, across the UK as well as abroad.

Author: Ed Hillyer
ISBN: 0956251501, 9780956251503
Format: Paperback
Pages: 542p.