Kangaroo

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 31, 2023

In Category - Action & Adventure Fiction, Historical Fiction

Authors: D. H. Lawrence In Year : 1923

Book Language: English

Audiobook: Kangaroo

1.1 Torestin
1.2 Torestin
2.1 Neighbours
2.1 Neighbours
3 Larbourd Watch Ahoy
4.1 Jack and Jaz
4.2 Jack and Jaz
4.3 Jack and Jaz
5.1 Coo-Ee
5.2 Coo-Ee
5.3 Coo-Ee
6.1 Kangaroo
6.2 Kangaroo
6.3 Kangaroo
7.1 The Battle Of The Tongues
7.2 The Battle Of The Tongues
8.1 Volcanic Evidence
8.2 Volcanic Evidence
9. Harriet and Lovat At Sea in Marriage
10.1 Diggers
10.2 Diggers
11.1 Willie Struthers and Kangaroo
11.2 Willie Struthers and Kangaroo
12.1 The Nightmare
12.2 The Nightmare
12.3 The Nightmare
12.4 The Nightmare
13 “Revenge!” Timotheus Cries
14.1 Bits
14.2 Bits
15. Jack Slaps Back
16.1 A Row In Town
16.2 A Row In Town
16.3 A Row In Town
17.1 Kangaroo Is Killed
17.2 Kangaroo Is Killed
18.1 Adieu Australia
18.2 Adieu Australia

"Kangaroo" is the nickname of a character in this novel, Benjamin Cooley, who was a charismatic leader in the fascist movement of ex-soldiers who fought in the Australian army in WWII. The story's main character is an international journalist, Richard Lovat Somers who, with his wife, comes to rent a house next door to Jack Calcott and his wife who are natural-born Australians through-and-through. Jack is in league with Kangaroo and tries to persuade Lovat to join their political movement conflicting with the Socialist political faction in the country. Throughout this book, there is an undercurrent of vaguely defined "Generalized Love" which borders closely on homosexuality between the otherwise testosterone-saturated Australian men. Action-wise: There are riots and gunfights; but there are also moments of great tenderness of the men for their wives. Both Jack and Lovat dearly want to become "leaders of men", but Lovat backs away when he is recruited to join in an espionage campaign against the Socialists. Another undercurrent which muddies the waters for Lovat is that he is a true British citizen and thus resented by the Australians. (Summary by williamjones)