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We read with increasing horror and denial as we approach the cataclysmic conclusion of Will's American odyssey, dreading what is galloping towards us, but utterly unable to look away.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis lyrical and devastating new novel from the Stella Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Strays\u003c\/i\u003e offers us startling and profound visions of the world and our place in it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Thrilling and heartbreaking by turns—a glorious novel.'\u003cbr\u003eMichelle de Kretser\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWild Abandon\u003c\/i\u003e made me fall in love with fiction again . . . 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