A masterpiece. A novel of high seriousness and higher playfulness Michael Hulse, Spectator On a property in New South Wales, a man named Holland lives with his daughter, Ellen. As years pass and Ellen grows into a beautiful young woman, her father announces his decision she will marry the first man who can name all the eucalypts, down to the last tree. As suitors clamber to meet Hollands challenge, Ellen encounters a strange young man among her fathers trees a storyteller, with enchanting tales of faraway lands. Murray Bail is the warmest and quickwitted of storytellers. You will never forget what is at the heart of this book one of the great and most surprising courtships in literature Michael Ondaatje

Binding: Paperback;272 pages; Publisher: Vintage Publishing; Classification: FA; Weight: 316 g; Dimensions: 130 x 198 x 21

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