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Kangaroo

"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)

Year of Publication: 1923Genres: Historical Fiction , Action & Adventure Fiction

Running Time: 16 hours 43 minutes 27 seconds

#	Chapter Name
1	1.1 Torestin KevinS	23:40
2	1.2 Torestin KevinS	18:18
3	2.1 Neighbours acousticwave	29:44
4	2.1 Neighbours acousticwave	24:36
5	3 Larbourd Watch Ahoy Courtney Miller	24:44
6	4.1 Jack and Jaz Murphy8104	18:25
7	4.2 Jack and Jaz Murphy8104	25:31
8	4.3 Jack and Jaz Murphy8104	20:41
9	5.1 Coo-Ee William Allan Jones	26:47
10	5.2 Coo-Ee William Allan Jones	27:26
11	5.3 Coo-Ee William Allan Jones	28:33
12	6.1 Kangaroo William Allan Jones	21:29
13	6.2 Kangaroo William Allan Jones	23:31
14	6.3 Kangaroo William Allan Jones	27:14
15	7.1 The Battle Of The Tongues William Allan Jones	38:44
16	7.2 The Battle Of The Tongues William Allan Jones	36:50
17	8.1 Volcanic Evidence Courtney Miller	34:11
18	8.2 Volcanic Evidence Murphy8104	20:47
19	9. Harriet and Lovat At Sea in Marriage acousticwave	27:52
20	10.1 Diggers Brize C	20:41
21	10.2 Diggers Brize C	25:18
22	11.1 Willie Struthers and Kangaroo William Allan Jones	31:22
23	11.2 Willie Struthers and Kangaroo William Allan Jones	27:10
24	12.1 The Nightmare Courtney Miller	29:06
25	12.2 The Nightmare Brize C	31:37
26	12.3 The Nightmare Brize C	28:24
27	12.4 The Nightmare Courtney Miller	31:01
28	13 “Revenge!” Timotheus Cries Scarbo	24:44
29	14.1 Bits Murphy8104	22:49
30	14.2 Bits Murphy8104	17:02
31	15. Jack Slaps Back Courtney Miller	21:59
32	16.1 A Row In Town Murphy8104	22:50
33	16.2 A Row In Town Murphy8104	31:42
34	16.3 A Row In Town Murphy8104	26:58
35	17.1 Kangaroo Is Killed William Allan Jones	34:53
36	17.2 Kangaroo Is Killed William Allan Jones	30:16
37	18.1 Adieu Australia KevinS	18:38
38	18.2 Adieu Australia KevinS	27:54