To what extent is she a part of the Dungirri community? Kris has only been in Dungirri for a few years, yet through some difficult times. Why might the author have used this structure? How effective was it for you? While some crime novels use the criminal’s point of view, or that of an omniscient narrator, in this book the author limits the narrative to two points of view only – those of Kris and Gil. What conventions of the romance genre has the author used? Are there ways in which she has departed from genre conventions? What conventions of the crime genre has the author used? Are there ways in which she has departed from genre conventions? How important is the landscape in the book? Could this story have taken place somewhere else? How has the landscape around Dungirri and Birraga influenced Gil’s character? How has it influenced Kris? Kris notes that Gil is ‘surprisingly at ease in the bush environment’ despite his many years in the inner city. Does the portrayal of the community, and its efforts to rebuild itself, ring true for you?Īt the end of the book, do you feel hopeful or pessimistic about Dungirri’s future? Why? On his return to Dungirri, Gil notices how ‘economic decay had eaten through the core of the town’ leaving it ‘shrivelled to a dry, dead husk.’ How does the depiction of Dungirri in the book relate to your experience of, or understanding of, the issues challenging rural communities?Īs mentioned in Dark Country (and told in the previous book, As Darkness Falls), Dungirri has experienced some dark crimes in it’s recent past.
(These notes are also available as a PDF file suitable for printing.) If your group has explored other themes or questions, please feel free to comment here – others may find the questions you explored useful for their own discussions. Your group might like to pick one topic or theme, or select several – or just pour another glass of wine and ignore them all! The following notes and discussion questions, grouped loosely into broad themes, may provide some assistance for groups (or individual readers) who wish to discuss Dark Country. Each reading group operates differently – some analyse books in depth, others discuss what they enjoyed (or didn’t enjoy) and others meet for mostly social purposes and occasionally remember to talk about a book!
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