by Greg Barron
About the Author
Greg Barron has lived in both North America and Australia, and has studied International Terrorism at Scotland’s prestigious St Andrew’s University. He has visited five of the world’s seven continents, once canoed down a flooded tropical river, and crossed Arnhem Land on foot. Greg’s writing reflects his interests in political, social and environmental change. He lives on a small farm in Eastern Australia’s coastal hinterland with his wife and two sons. For more about the author, visit gregbarron.com GregBarronAuthor @gregorybarron
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First published in Australia in 2012
This edition published in 2014
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National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication data:
Barron, Greg.
Rotten Gods.
ISBN 978 0 7322 9434 2 (pbk.)
ISBN 978 0 7304 9861 2 (epub)
A823.3
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