Indigenous crime fiction is rare, but in Madukka the River Serpent systemic violence and connection to Country are explored
- Written by: Stewart King, Senior Lecturer, School of Languages, Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics and Fellow of the Australian Academy of Humanities, Monash University
Paperbark tree.David Clode/UnsplashThere is something familiar about Aunty June, the protagonist of Julie Janson’s Madukka the River Serpent.
Like Precious Ramotswe in Alexander McCall Smith’s No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, she opens her own investigation agency. Like Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple, Aunty June is...
