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Download or read book An Item from the Late News written by Thea Astley and published by Penguin Group. This book was released on 1984 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wafer, who saw his father blown apart by a bomb in the second world war, and who grew up under the shadow of the nuclear bomb, seeks to spend his middle years in a place of solitude where he can prepare for the inevitable... Allbut, scarcely a dot on the map in the vast Queensland outback, seems to be the perfect place. But Wafer's peace-loving ways are not understood by the clean and decent locals and when it comes, the final blast is not the one he expected.