The Fatal Dance

A dizzingly intelligent and compulsive work of fiction from an outstanding new Australian writer. Redmond Campbell's luck has just taken a turn for the worse. His dog's dead, his wife Bea went to prison three days ago, and he has to look after Bea's sister, Lori, a wildly disinhibited woman with Huntington's Disease. What really grates him though, is that despite all he's done for her, Lori hates him. In fact, even Redmond's nephew, Mada - a PhD student searching for a cure to the disease that's killing his mother, and potentially one day himself - doesn't give Red the respect he deserves. But Red is about to change all that. He's got plans to become Sydney's leading property agent - on the residential end, at least - and he's about to make a connection that will line him up a killing. It's almost legal too! Well, almost. What matters is that Red has a whiff of success, and he's damn sure everything's about to come up roses.

Funny and moving, profound...