Publisher's Synopsis
"Glaister's novels always appear to be as effortless for her to write as they are for us to read" The Times Writing of human behaviour at its most edgy and unnerving, this is Lesley Glaister at the top of her form It seems like the perfect job for Cassie and Graham: "Housekeeper/companions required. Would suit a young couple." Successful in their application, they arrive at Woolagong station, positioned at the edge of the desert, and more isolated from civilisation than they expected. Larry, their employer, runs his house in a discomfiting fashion. His wife, Maria, lives a sedated existence in a shed. No radio. No post from home. Everything warps under the blazing Australian sun - their sense of direction, and even their sense of right and wrong.
