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• Winner of Miles Franklin Literary Award 1996
• Winner of Miles Franklin Literary Award 1996.

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9781863305242

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A subtle unfolding of character and history camouflaged in battle-dress-an absorbing portrait of lives lived at the edges of terror and beauty. Koch is a powerful writer and this is a fine book -- Erica Wagner * The Times * A gripping tale, a convincing, page turning evocation of recent history, full of compelling characters, tumultuous events and just plain excitement -- Richard Bernstein * New York Times * Magnificent-in its humanity and honesty, and the maturity of its storytelling, it belongs with the finest products of that sad and wasteful history -- Michael Hulse * Spectator *

A subtle unfolding of character and history camouflaged in battle-dress-an absorbing portrait of lives lived at the edges of terror and beauty. Koch is a powerful writer and this is a fine book -- Erica Wagner * The Times * A gripping tale, a convincing, page turning evocation of recent history, full of compelling characters, tumultuous events and just plain excitement -- Richard Bernstein * New York Times * Magnificent-in its humanity and honesty, and the maturity of its storytelling, it belongs with the finest products of that sad and wasteful history -- Michael Hulse * Spectator *

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Christopher Koch is of Irish, English and German ancestry. For a good deal of his life he was a broadcasting producer, working for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in Sydney. He has lived and worked in London and elsewhere overseas. He has been a full-time writer since 1972, winning international praise and a number of awards for his five previous novels - many of which are translated in a number of European countries. In 1995, Koch was made an Officer of the Order of Australia for his contribution to Australian literature.

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