Episode 1
Richard Roxburgh reads from Tim Winton's tale of adolescence in Australia. An emergency callout in the suburbs takes a middle-aged paramedic back to his own youth.
Richard Roxburgh reads from Tim Winton's tale of adolescence on the edge, set on the Western fringe of Australia.
An emergency callout in the suburbs takes a middle-aged paramedic back to his own youth. As he deals with a domestic tragedy, memories of the boundaries he crossed without thinking of the consequences begin to resurface. Bruce Pike recalls his idyllic childhood in a small logging town and finding friendship with Loonie.
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- Mon 23 Jun 200822:45BBC Radio 4
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