![]() ![]() Not as somewhere to escape to as there would be no oxygen anyway, but possibly as a passage out if the roads were blocked you could try to kayak toward the city.)Įxample two: how many hours’ worth of air is there in a fire bunker? (Answer: if it’s full and without an additional oxygen supply, probably about an hour.) It’s the habits and anxieties of the occupants at the height of summer, those questions we ask ourselves.Įxample one: would the river be useful in a bush fire? (Answer: Possibly. It sits at the end on a dirt road that’s prone to flooding and close enough to the river that when all else is quiet, you might hear it babbling at night. It’s there in the descriptions of the house: a mid-century build, all windows and angles and wooden panelling, surrounded by native flora. It’s true that many scenes of the novel are set in my brother’s old home, which edges a state park 45 minutes north of Melbourne CBD. ![]() I had changed the name of the town, and out of necessity to the plot, adapted elements of the landscape and yet they all worked it out. When my family read my new novel In The Clearing they all invariably made the same observation. We asked him to tell us about the view from over there. His new thriller In the Clearing is set in the Australian bush, with fire forever licking the horizon. JP Pomare is a Kiwi living in Melbourne, and a stingingly great writer. ![]()
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