Semantics of Australian Crawl: A novel

By Jacob Perry

What is it to truly be an Australian? Semantics.When Spiff Rouch set off in his Torana on The Australian Crawl to search for national identity he did not know what he was getting into. He didn't even know who he was nor truly appreciate what he was crawling for. Leaving the golden dreamland of the property Hope behind, he sets off with his mate Errol, exploring his beloved country for meaning. Then a white rabbit crosses his path and time seems to fold and reverse as they drive forward into the uncharted and unreasonable realm of Alice.Arriving in Alice, Spiff soon realises that the truth is not what it seems. Reality is broken down and disregarded. The search for national identity destroys the preconceived world Spiff once called home and tears through the very fabric of life and reality.Semantics of Australian Crawl is a fantastical insight into the Australian culture, revealed through stereotypical 'Aussie' characters that exemplify the true roots of this country. The story of Spiff and Errol's journey spirals down into broken and buried ideologies that have created the true-blue Australian. From the glorious image of the beautiful land down under that the nation clambers to uphold, the belief in a soul-felt goodness that binds the multicultural society into one, to the typical Aussie yobo wandering aimlessly throughout suburbia, to the dark and brutally exposing secrets that have created the Australian peoples today, the young Aussie boys crawl there way to the truth. Semantics explores the heart of the land, cuts it open and leaves it exposed and raw.The album Semantics by the iconic Australian band Australian Crawl provides a guiding force, structuring the plot and themes into a recognisable coherence. The songs inspire the characters' actions, often forming the dialogue, giving an edge of realism to the downward, internal spiral of the characters' demise into the surreal world of Alice.The innocence of love and atrocity.Best forgotten history and The Dreaming.Repressed reality and nonsensical confusion.This is where Spiff find's his meaning.This is the setting for Australian identity.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1521971684
• ISBN13: 9781521971680
• Release Date: July 2017
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 275 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.7" x 6.0"