Daniel King’s short story collection cycles through the shadowy landscapes of death, gnarled relationships, the slippery side of human nature, even the contemporary lure of cosmetic surgery pushed to a surprising extreme.
An opera singer returns from Europe to find his music teacher’s wife who taught him the meaning of true passion… A teenage girl competing in an Eisteddfod at Port Arthur finds that the brutal historic site and her hostess have more than a few secrets – and ghosts – in common… Migrating north to Queensland, a man finds his lover immersed in more than a change of scene…