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    ‘A politician was a man apart, with power lent to him while it lasted, a sack of bones in a suit coat thereafter.' Years ago, in a midnight encounter beside the railroad tracks, a young boy meets a stranger with a powerful secret, a gift of uncanny understanding and a talent for knots. From this encounter, Marcus Friendly's ideas of himself take shape as he rises to become Australia's sixteenth Prime Minister. The night he dies, a shadow, ‘thin as a scythe', is there to collect him when he falls. Another young boy, Ross Devlin, witnesses the event. Ross eventually finds himself on an outback station working for Kyle Morrison, son of Australia's most famous poet, ‘The Bounder'. Kyle suddenly needs help to undo a knot of his own, and a young union organiser, Max Petersen, steps in to right an old injustice. Now, after years in parliament, Max Petersen, the inheritor of the Marcus Friendly tradition in more ways than one, awaits a call from the PM for the ministry he craves. Around him, a crisis among friends and family is unfolding, and everyone is forced to confront the legacy they have inherited, their influence in a changing world and what follows on after them.

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    ‘A politician was a man apart, with power lent to him while it lasted, a sack of bones in a suit coat thereafter.' Years ago, in a midnight encounter beside the railroad tracks, a young boy meets a stranger with a powerful secret, a gift of uncanny understanding and a talent for knots. From this encounter, Marcus Friendly's ideas of himself take shape as he rises to become Australia's sixteenth Prime Minister. The night he dies, a shadow, ‘thin as a scythe', is there to collect him when he falls. Another young boy, Ross Devlin, witnesses the event. Ross eventually finds himself on an outback station working for Kyle Morrison, son of Australia's most famous poet, ‘The Bounder'. Kyle suddenly needs help to undo a knot of his own, and a young union organiser, Max Petersen, steps in to right an old injustice. Now, after years in parliament, Max Petersen, the inheritor of the Marcus Friendly tradition in more ways than one, awaits a call from the PM for the ministry he craves. Around him, a crisis among friends and family is unfolding, and everyone is forced to confront the legacy they have inherited, their influence in a changing world and what follows on after them.

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    Reading Group Questions For The Following by Roger McDonald

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    ‘A politician was a man apart, with power lent to him while it lasted, a sack of bones in a suit coat thereafter.' Years ago, in a midnight encounter beside the railroad tracks, a young boy meets a stranger with a powerful secret, a gift of uncanny understanding and a talent for knots. From this encounter, Marcus Friendly's ideas of himself take shape as he rises to become Australia's sixteenth Prime Minister. The night he dies, a shadow, ‘thin as a scythe', is there to collect him when he falls. Another young boy, Ross Devlin, witnesses the event. Ross eventually finds himself on an outback station working for Kyle Morrison, son of Australia's most famous poet, ‘The Bounder'. Kyle suddenly needs help to undo a knot of his own, and a young union organiser, Max Petersen, steps in to right an old injustice. Now, after years in parliament, Max Petersen, the inheritor of the Marcus Friendly tradition in more ways than one, awaits a call from the PM for the ministry he craves. Around him, a crisis among friends and family is unfolding, and everyone is forced to confront the legacy they have inherited, their influence in a changing world and what follows on after them.

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    Copyright Roger McDonald 2013. All rights reserved.

    . No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher.

    Copyright Roger McDonald 2013. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher.

    THE FOLLOWING by Roger McDonald Format: Trade Paperback ISBN: 9781742759913 Imprint: Vintage Australia Released 2 September 2013

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    What is The Following? A politician was a man apart, with power lent to him while it lasted, a sack of bones in a suit coat thereafter. Politics and politicians are rarely presented in Australian fiction. Why do you think this is? How do you feel about the presentation of Australian masculinity in The Following? Poetry plays a role in each part of this book. Characters are informed or energised, educated and entertained, comforted and even oppressed by it. What is the role of poetry in our lives now? Is there enough poetry in the twenty-first century? As you progress through life, do you consider the legacies you are leaving behind? Tolstoy wrote All happy families resemble one another, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. There are many family lines in The Following. Are families the most interesting source of drama for storytelling?

    Reading Group Questions for The Following by Roger McDonald Available in bookshops and ebook retailers 2 September 2013 The Following: Print ISBN: 9781742759913 | ebook ISBN: 9781742759937 Imprint: Vintage Australia | Publisher: Random House Australia
    Copyright Roger McDonald 2013. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher.

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