Books by Joan Lindsay
“This is the masterpiece of my adopted country, Australia. It’s set at a boarding school for girls – a very proper, very English boarding school of the kind that you only see in Australia, where people try almost too hard to become English. It’s about a school excursion. The girls go and have a picnic at a local geological formation called Hanging Rock, which actually exists. A few of the girls go climbing up the rock, and they never return.” Read more...
Lev Grossman, Novelist
Interviews where books by Joan Lindsay were recommended
Dark Academia Books, recommended by Lev Grossman
Dark academia is a phenomenon with deep roots, says bestselling author Lev Grossman. He introduces five of the best examples, covering secret societies, gentleman scholars, boarding schools – and unforgettable descents into darkness. We have long told stories about forbidden knowledge: now, we make it look good.
