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- paperback· 597 pp9788466308243
First published 1977
The Thorn Birds
By Colleen McCullough, Colleen McCullough
The Thorn Birds is a 1977 best-selling novel by Australian author Colleen McCullough. Set primarily on Drogheda – a fictional sheep station in the Australian Outback named after Drogheda, Ireland – the story focuses on the Cleary family and spans the years 1915 to 1969.