When Colts Ran
{{Short description|Book by Roger McDonald}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox book |
| name = When Colts Ran
| image = When Colts Ran.jpg
| caption = First edition
| author = Roger McDonald
| country = Australia
| language = English
| genre =
| publisher = Vintage, Australia
| release_date = 2010
| media_type = Print (Paperback)
| pages = 346
| isbn = 9781864710410
| oclc=
| preceded_by = The Ballad of Desmond Kale
| followed_by = The Following
}}
When Colts Ran is a 2010 novel by Australian novelist Roger McDonald.
Plot summary
The "Colts" of the title is the principal character, Kingsley Colts, an orphan being raised by World War I veteran Dunc Buckler and his wife Veronica. The novel follows the arc of Colts's life, from station hand to World War II in New Guinea to livestock agent, broken, forlorn and alcoholic.
Notes
Epigraph:
Peaseblossom.........Ready.
Cobweb.......................... And I.
Moth ......................................And I
Mustardseed....................................And I.
All..........................................................Where shall we go?
- A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act III, Scene I
Reviews
- The Sydney Morning Herald[http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/when-colts-ran-20101202-18hyi.html The Sydney Morning Herald, "When Colts Ran" by James Ley, 4 December 2010]
- ANZ LitLovers LitBlog[http://anzlitlovers.com/2011/04/22/when-colts-ran-by-roger-mcdonald/ ANZ LitLovers LitBlog, "When Colts Ran" by Lisa Hill, 22 April 2011]
Awards and nominations
- 2011 shortlisted Indie Awards — Fiction{{Cite web |last= |title=When Colts Ran |url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C760391 |access-date=2022-03-13 |website=AustLit: Discover Australian Stories |language=en}}
- 2011 shortlisted Miles Franklin Literary Award
- 2011 shortlisted Prime Minister's Literary Awards — Fiction
- 2011 shortlisted Victorian Premier's Literary Awards — The Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction
- 2012 longlisted International Dublin Literary Award