In the Shade of the Shady Tree Stories of Wheatbelt Australia

"The stories are full of secrets, both open and closed, and they are fascinated with how they operate in this kind of (rural Australian) society. This leads to a mood which is sometimes gothic and something more emaciated, like the hungry banality that is so unnerving in the work of Raymond Carver.... (The) cumulative effect is highly satisfying and affecting. It is yet another crucial work by this important Australian author."--"Southerly "(Australia)