by ThomasKeneally (Author)
Sydney, 1942, and in a nation threatened by a Japanese invasion, with husbands absent and sleek GIs present, a spirit of recklessness takes hold. Frank Darragh, an impressionable young priest, finds the line between saving others' souls and losing his own begins to blur as he becomes entangled with an attractive married woman, a menage a trois, and a charismatic American sergeant.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 336
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Sceptre
Published: 28 Apr 2003
ISBN 10: 0340624760
ISBN 13: 9780340624760
Book Overview: Keneally at his powerful best, with the gripping tale of a priest and a serial killer in World War II Australia.