Writing as Tom Collins, a government official with time on his hands, Furphy expands seven days from an old diary into a sprawling, digressive tale of the bullock teams, drovers, swagmen and station owners of the Riverina in the 1880s. Philosophical asides, campfire yarns and hidden connections between stories reward a patient reader.
Regarded by many as a landmark of Australian fiction, ironic and democratic in spirit. Download the free EPUB.