The Major And The Miners Author:Barry Lowe Still bearing the emotional scars from The Great War, Dr. Damien Bouton turns his back on the temptations of Sydney and takes a job as GP in an idyllic East Coast mining hamlet. In Seaspray Bay, Damien meets Joshua, a young coal miner, and the spark of mutual attraction is ignited, but then quickly snuffed out when Danny, the miner?s friend, d... more »iscovers their secret. With Damien?s double life revealed and he returns to Sydney and hides among the down and outs of the city, heartbroken over deserting Josh. The young miner follows Damien but, unable to find him, becomes embroiled in the unsavoury and dangerous underworld of razor gangs and brothels. They finally meet again but is it too late to rekindle their passion.« less