An audacious and transformative novel about the past, the present and the power of writing and imagination from the award-winning author of Damascus and The Slap.An audacious and transformative novel about the past, the present and the power of writing and imagination from the award-winning author of Damascus and The Slap. Winner of Melbourne Prize for Literature 2021 (Australia). Long-listed for Literary Fiction Book of the Year 2022 (Australia) and ABIA Awards 2022 (Australia).