Synopses & Reviews
'A sensitive and sometimes-moving look at a man drowning in the sorrows of his past, with a prickly relationship with his father and with a child who desperately needs to trust someone...A sweetly told tale of fatherhood and loss.'
Kirkus ReviewsIt was a butcher who saw the man stashing the kid in the car boot. He didn't really know what he'd seen. Detective Bart Moy, newly returned to the Australian country town where his father still lives, finds nothing. Nobody reports a boy missing. Still, he looks deeper into the butcher's storyafter all, he had a son of his own once.
When the boy does turn upsilent, traumatizedthings are no clearer. Who is he? Where did he come from and what happened to him?
A mystery, a meditation on fatherhood, and an examination of love and loss.
Review
'A sensitive and sometimes-moving look at a man drowning in the sorrows of his past, with a prickly relationship with his father and with a child who desperately needs to trust someone...A sweetly told tale of fatherhood and loss.' Kirkus Reviews
Synopsis
When Detective Bart Moy begins investigating the case of a missing boy he is forced to confront his tragic past.
About the Author
Stephen Orr is the author of several published works of fiction and non-fiction. His novel Time's Long Ruin was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and longlisted for the Miles Franklin Award in 2011. He lives in Adelaide.