One of Australia's finest writers on one of our most dramatic stories Mining divides the country – development against conservation, north-and-west against south-and-east, pro-tax against anti-tax. But what does it really mean to us? And how much do we understand about our underground history? Boom is the story of the people behind the facts and figures, from the eccentric loners who staked the first claims to the emergence of the modern mega-magnates. Insightful, compellingly readable and full of extraordinary characters, it shows how mining and miners have shaped Australia’s history and gripped our imagination through boom and bust.
Author
Malcolm Knox was born in 1966. He grew up in Sydney and studied in Sydney and Scotland, where his one-act play, POLEMARCHUS, was performed in St Andrews and Edinburgh. He has worked for the SYDNEY MORNING HERALD since 1994 and his journalism has been published in Australia, Britain, India and the West Indies. His first novel Summerland was published to great acclaim in the UK, US, Australia and Europe in 2000. In 2001 Malcolm was named one of the Sydney Morning Herald's Best Young Australian novelists. He lives in Sydney with his wife Wenona, son Callum and daughter Lilian. His most recent novel, A Private Man, was critically acclaimed and was shortlisted for the Commomwealth Prize and the Tasmanian Premier’s Award.
