Tree Palace
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| Author | Craig Sherborne |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | novel |
| Publisher | Text Publishing, Australia |
Publication date | 2014 |
| Publication place | Australia |
Published in English | 26 March 2014 |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 288 |
| ISBN | 9781922147325 |
| Preceded by | The Amateur Science of Love |
Tree Palace (2014) is a novel by Australian author Craig Sherborne. It was shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Award in 2015.
Set in rural western Victoria, this novel deals with a group of itinerants who have congregated around Shane Whittaker. The group makes money by scamming the welfare system, and stripping abandoned buildings (houses, schools, churches and libraries) of their fittings and selling them on the second-hand market.