TY - ABST T1 - Flies of a Summer Y1 - 1988 A1 - Peter [Raymond] Kocan (b. 1947) KW - Australian author KW - Male author AB -

A cruel dystopia that has developed after some unnamed catastrophe. The two groups, who are presented as if they were two species, are violent warriors and their slaves. The slaves, who are the focus of the novel, are kept in small villages under the control of local groups of warriors. The village presented is a "breeding" village of teenagers who are raised until they are old enough to have children, and, once the girls give birth, sent off to work elsewhere. The novel ends with a revolt and escape.

PB - Angus & Robertson CY - North Ryde, NSW, Australia U5 -

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