Wild Cat Falling
novel by Johnson
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Australian literature
- In Australian literature: Literature from 1970 to 2000
…questioned) published his first novel, Wild Cat Falling, in 1965. Jack Davis wrote several acclaimed plays. Sally Morgan’s autobiography, My Place (1987), is a moving account of her discovery of her identity and family history. It is also social and cultural history. And Kim Scott, with his novel Benang (1999),…
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discussed in biography
- In Colin Johnson
Johnson’s first novel, Wild Cat Falling (1965), is the story of a young outcast of partial Aboriginal ancestry who is searching for his identity. The protagonist of Long Live Sandawara (1979) attempts to establish his own resistance movement in the slums of Perth. Doctor Wooreddy’s Prescription for Enduring…
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