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Poof! Float away

Solace in a globalised world
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June 2025, no. 476

The Sun Was Electric Light by Rachel Morton

University of Queensland Press, $34.99 pb, 224 pp

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Poof! Float away

Solace in a globalised world
by
June 2025, no. 476

From whiskey priests and crazed conquistadors to sun-maddened tourists, stories of white exile in South America are staples of Western literature and film. Such tropes are productively complicated in an outstanding début novel by Rachel Morton.

The Sun Was Electric Light

The Sun Was Electric Light

by Rachel Morton

University of Queensland Press, $34.99 pb, 224 pp

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ABR receives a commission on items purchased through this link. All ABR reviews are fully independent.

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