"Elderkin's dialog effortlessly conjures intricate characters and settings, highlighting the dangerous confrontations between cultures in the outback." -Purdence Peiffer, Library Journal "Certainly brilliant. . . . Beautifully written, melancholy, fey, angry and utterly absorbing. . . . Part fable, part coming-of-age story." -Cressida Connolly, The Daily Telegraph (UK) "As a writer she is the real thing, and the novel, tender, sensual and genuinely original. . . . Evidence of great talent." -Maggie Gee, The London Times (UK) "Susan Elderkin's characteristically dazzling techniques are on display in all their virtuosity and freakish inventiveness. . . . She is without equal." -The Independent (UK)