Blockade (novel)

Blockade
Author	Derek Hansen
Publisher	HarperCollins
Publication date	January 1, 1998
ISBN	978-0-732-26496-3

Blockade is a 1998 novel written by Derek Hansen about logging in Australia.

Plot summary

The protagonist is Miklos Bollok, a logging company owner who uses corrupt politicians to clear-fell the last remaining wilderness in Victoria, Australia. He is stymied by a direct action campaign by conservationists. His downfall also comes about by a dark secret that is made public by his wife.

Release details

1998, Australia, HarperCollins, (ISBN 0-7322-6466-9), Pub date 1 January 1998, paperback (First edition)
1999, reprinted, (ISBN 0-7322-6496-0).

Reception

Jean Ferguson of the Illawarra Mercury calls it "A passionate and explosive new novel from a great storyteller".^[1] Herald Sun's Simon Caterson writes "A well-spun yarn lasting 500 easily digestible pages, Blockade seems destined to repeat the commercial success of his earlier books".^[2] Stephen Prickett of the Canberra Times writes "Once set in motion, the action is fast-moving, sometimes funny, sometimes violent, but always compulsively gripping".^[3]

References

^ Ferguson, Jean (5 September 1998), "Cheryl Finds GOD In A Twisted Forest Saga", Illawarra Mercury
^ Caterson, Simon (12 September 1998), "In bed with the greens", Herald Sun
^ Prickett, Stephen (5 September 1998), "A Moral Fable In East Gippsland BLOCKADE", Canberra Times

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[1] Ferguson, Jean (5 September 1998), "Cheryl Finds GOD In A Twisted Forest Saga", Illawarra Mercury

[2] Caterson, Simon (12 September 1998), "In bed with the greens", Herald Sun

[3] Prickett, Stephen (5 September 1998), "A Moral Fable In East Gippsland BLOCKADE", Canberra Times

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