Novel about obsessional love in an age of obsessive materialism. Following years of unrequited love, an out-of-work school teacher decides to take matters into his own hands, triggering a chain of events that neither he nor his psychiatrist could have anticipated. Author is winner of the 'Age' Book of the Year Award, the Betty Trask Award, the Fellowship of Australian Writers Book of the Year Award, and the Steele Rudd Award for Best Australian Short Story Collection. His previous titles include 'Three Dollars' and 'The Reasons I Won't Be Coming'.

Novel about obsessional love in an age of obsessive materialism. Following years of unrequited love, an out-of-work school teacher decides to take matters into his own hands, triggering a chain of events that neither he nor his psychiatrist could have anticipated. Author is winner of the 'Age' Book of the Year Award, the Betty Trask Award, the Fellowship of Australian Writers Book of the Year Award, and the Steele Rudd Award for Best Australian Short Story Collection. His previous titles include 'Three Dollars' and 'The Reasons I Won't Be Coming'.