Praise for Craig Sherborne’s previous novels

‘With the crystallisation and compression of poetry, Sherborne…produces a novel as beautiful in its conjunctions as the chandelier swinging over its landscapes.’ AUSTRALIAN

‘Moving, terrifying and wonderfully well observed… A triumph.’ SYDNEY MORNING HERALD

‘Insight, empathy and supple, observant prose.’ ADVERTISER

‘All women with lingering illusions about the way men think should read this fast-moving, sharply focused, fantasy-shattering little thunderclap of a book.’ HELEN GAR NER

‘Fascinating, funny and unputdownable.’ HERALD SUN

‘An engulfing, heart-stopping book—a performance that dazzles the eyes and leaves the reader gasping for air.’ AGE

Praise for Craig Sherborne’s memoirs

‘Gruesomely honest and very, very funny.’ HILARY MANTEL

‘Mordantly true to life…One of the most interesting autobiographical projects on the go.’ J. M. COETZEE

‘The prose is so taut as to be hieratic at times: one senses that the horror of what he has to tell is so great that, were he to relinquish his grip for even a moment, it would flare up and incinerate him.’ TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT

‘Riveting…Moral courage has propelled this book to the page. Its execution is sublime.’ SCOTSMAN