This fictional story set in a fictional town in the middle of New South Wales during the 1940s is based on real events involving locals, military personnel and prisoners of war from other places, particularly those from Japan, Korean, Germany and Italy whose countries were on the other side of the World War of that period.
It is written from the perspective of a few different characters and insightfully exposes the reader to their particular cultures. We have Alice, whose husband is a prisoner of war in Greece and whose father-in-law is entrusted with the assignment of an Italian POW, Giancarlo.
It reads well and Keneally, as always, is a master of details. The many descriptive passages help the reader to get inside the heads of the characters and wonder what will happen to them.
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