LATE STORMS FOR DARWIN

About the Book

A light aircraft crashes in stormy weather on a desert island. Castaways include Dr. Jack Vague, the infamous UN Anthropologist from 1973 to 1989 until he was fired for ineptitude, lechery, drug-taking, corruption and most notably, insulting the Ayatollah Khomeini. It’s primitive as can be when the true reason for the plane crash is revealed. Deadly conflict ensues as Bob the pilot, Sue Tran (caterer), Mr. Korda (mining executive) and his wife, a post-op transvestite nun (Sister Mary who becomes Ann) and an Aboriginal lad (Chirp) and Yousef, the Afghan smuggler – all have to try to survive against the elements, and sinister human design.

About the Author

John is social anthropologist and a graduate of the University of Sydney and the London School of Economics. He worked on treaty negations between the Inuit and Canada in the 1980’s before trading snow for the beaches of Australia. A veteran of the international indigenous rights era and the negotiation of major mining operations on Aboriginal land, John participated in the nuts-and-bolts, the local cut and thrust, of social change around the world. John is a private anthropological consultant working mainly in the mining areas of Western Australia. He lives with his family in Perth.