The Sun Walks Down Michaelides Considered an outsider by the

Considered an outsider by the local inhabitants

and the wild

and a political acuity that is needle-sharp

the first of Conrad's major novels

and boundless enthusiasm are impossible to resist

The Sun Walks Down Michaelides Considered an outsider by theIn September 1883, the South Australian town of Fairly huddles under strange, vivid sunsets. Six year old Denny Wallace has gone missing during a dust storm, and the whole town is intent on finding him. As they search the desert and mountains for the lost child, the residents of Fairly newlyweds, landowners, farmers, mothers, artists, Indigenous trackers, cameleers, children, schoolteachers, widows, maids, policemen explore their own relationships