The Tower Mill
University of Queensland Press, $29.95 pb, 302 pp, 9780702249327
Fiction
The Tower Mill by James Moloney
by Sky Kirkham •
A good novel can use personal drama to humanise history. A small story becomes powerful because of the ideas it represents, and the political, removed from the realm of theory and made concrete, has a tangible impact that can foster empathy and understanding. When done poorly, as it is here, the reverse occurs and the large concepts are reduced, lessened into triviality by the hollowness of the tale.
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