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Title: Quick! Pass the myxomatosis, I don't think I can read anymore of this...
Review: Rewriting history is always an ideological field that's littered with mines.And this book is no exception to the rule. Only to be taken with a few prior heathly doses of middle class white-man guilt, Marsden and Tan's "The Rabbits" is about the most direct piece of propaganda that I have ever seen.On the surface the plot reads as a clever metaphor for the consequences and effects of European expansionism, although in reality it is a horridly narrow view of revisionism portrayed for all to see. From 'saving the trees' to 'saving the stolen generation' the author has covered just about all cause célèbres bases in what could only be seen now as a calculated vie for the CBC award.So if you like to receive your history distorted and your allegories as subtle as a sledgehammer, then this book is for you.
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