STEPHEN ORR The Night Parrots. Reviewed by Ann Skea

Stephen Orr’s new novel recounts a trek across the Western Desert, inspired by the controversial historical figure of Carl Strehlow. Benjamin Gerlach, at 81, is sat in his small asbestos house in an Adelaide suburb, surrounded by the paper and artefacts that had belonged to his father, Lutheran Pastor Martin Gerlach: Imagine me, (this is […] The post STEPHEN ORR The Night Parrots. Reviewed by Ann…