The Ivory Trail

by Victor Kelleher

My name is Jamie Hassan and I'm a channeller. That's someone who contacts the spirits of the dead, someone who opens their heart and mind and lets the dead speak through them. It can be a good or a bad experience depending on your spirit guide ... This book is a brief account of how it happened. Of how it was I came to know and to share my life with a dead man, who answers to the name of Ali Ben Gazrah.

Genres: Fiction

212 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1999

About the author

Victor Kelleher is an Australian author. Victor was born in London and moved to Africa with his parents, at the age of fifteen. He spent the next twenty years travelling and studying in Africa, before moving to New Zealand. Kelleher received a teaching degree in Africa and has taught in Africa, New Zealand and Australia. While in New Zealand, he began writing part time, prompted by homesickness for Africa. He moved to Australia in 1976, with his South African wife, Allison, and taught at the University of New England, in Armidale, New South Wales, before moving to Sydney to write full time. Many of the books he has written have been based on his childhood and his travellings in Africa.

Kelleher has won many awards for his books, such as the Australian Children's Book Award.

Reviews

[Kristine · Rating 4 out of 5]

Kelleher's writing is beautiful. He uses simple and straightforward language to tell engaging stories. This book delves into mysticism and uses it to tell a coming of age story about a boy who channels past lives and adventures. It was wonderful to spend a few hours lost in this lovely story. After recently reading books where the authors were so busy being clever and creating complicated narratives that they forgot about entertaining and engaging the reader, this book was a real delight.