Book review: In Moonland by Miles Allinson
In Moonland (2021) is the long-awaited second novel from Miles Allinson, whose debut, Fever of Animals (2015), won the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for an Unpublished Manuscript. In Moonland is similar to its predecessor with its immersive writing style, themes and gripping characters, yet it gives space to fresh ideas and a very original narrative. Fatherhood, masculinity, mortality and familial mythologies are explored in four parts over very different settings: from contemporary Melbourne, 1970s India, to a climate-ravaged dystopian future.