Crow Mellow
Finlay Lloyd Publishers $28 pb, 384 pp
Fiction
Crow Mellow by Julian Davies
by Ronnie Scott •
Crow Mellow, the sixth novel by Julian Davies, centres on a bush retreat where a millionaire couple gathers artists to share around ideas. From an optimistic standpoint, the retreat is a salon. Viewed differently, all parties are engaged in a status grab: artists ‘came from the cities of the east coast to score … the kudos of being there when their colleagues weren’t’. For the millionaires, collecting artists has its own benefits.
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