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‘Primal and indifferent’: a puma prowls Tasmania’s forests in Robbie Arnott’s wild eco-Western

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par Caitlin Macdonald, PhD candidate, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Sydney

Robbie Arnott’s fourth novel, Dusk, opens with a nod to a persistent and almost comical rumour that circulates in Australian folklore: the tale of big cats prowling the bush and forests. While there is little evidence to suggest pumas were ever transported to or held in captivity in Lutrawita/Tasmania, the novel embraces this myth, making…

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