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Larrimah
- Narrated by: Caroline Graham, Kylie Stevenson
- Length: 11 hrs and 51 mins
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Publisher's Summary
A dying town, a missing man. One of Australia's greatest mysteries - two whodunnits, twisted together.
Larrimah: hot, barren, a speck of dust in the centre of the nothingness of Outback Australia. Where you might find a death adder in the bar and a spider or 10 in the toaster. Maybe it's stupid to write a love letter to a town that looks like this, especially when it's someone else's town. A town where there's nothing to see, nothing to buy and the closest thing to an attraction is a weird Pink Panther in a gyrocopter whose head falls off intermittently. A town steeped in ancient superstition and pockmarked with sinkholes. It's Kadaitja country. People go missing in the bush there, the traditional owners say.
It's doubly stupid to write a love letter to a town where someone did go missing and one of the remaining residents might be a murderer. A town at the centre of one of the biggest mysteries Outback Australia has ever seen - a weird, swirling whodunnit about camel pies and wild donkeys and drug deals and crocodiles, a case that's had police scratching their heads for years, while journalists and filmmakers and Hollywood turn up, from time to time, to ask what the hell happened here.
And it makes no sense to fall for a place when the town is crumbling into the dust and it looks a lot like your love letter might end up being a eulogy. But whatever happened in Larrimah, it's strange and precious and surprisingly funny. Journalists Kylie Stevenson and Caroline Graham have spent years trying to pin it down - what happened to Paddy Moriarty and his dog, how they disappeared, how they might take the whole town and something even bigger with them.
Critic Reviews
"A locked-room mystery in the never never. Larrimah has all the hallmarks of an Australian classic." (Gideon Haigh)
"A remarkable story, wonderfully told." (Mark Brandi)
"The extraordinary story of a tiny town and its big secrets." (Michael Rowland)
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- Anonymous User
- 27-11-2023
NT Mystery
Loved every part of this book.
The narrators & Jounalists have captured the NT perfectly from the dusty, hot, wet, humid atmosphere to the classic people who call the NT home.
I can attest that the NT gets into your heart and soul, and you never want to leave.
It is a mystery of what happened to Paddy and Kelly and all the avenues of what could have happened. I hope there is an update if they are ever located.
Thank you for the dedication and care you have given to the remote towns of the NT.
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- Julie
- 02-11-2021
An intriguing read
What a well told Australian outback story. Highly recommend this book and a visit to Larrimah.
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- Tanya
- 05-12-2021
A well researched investigation
So much went into this tale that has no closure- so much is still unknown. While this covers an ongoing investigation into a missing man and his dog, it’s the Northern Territory that takes centre stage in all it’s dusty glory as the authors shine light (and a lot of heat) on the often forgotten towns of central Australia. I hope that one day there will be an opportunity to update with some finality as to what happened to Paddy and Kellie.
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- bethelcallin
- 14-12-2021
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Well done Girls, it’s a mystery what’s happened to Paddy although it’s amazing the secrets that can be unearthed. You sure have exhausted all avenues. R. I. P. Paddy 🚐
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- Anonymous User
- 17-06-2022
Too long and annoying narration. Poor recording.
Much too long and the narration was poor. recording kept stopping which was not helpful.
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