Conte explores friendship, duty, brutality and acceptance in a theatre of war. An unusual war novel, especially for an Australian to write. Some in our group would include it amongst the best books they have read. Recommended for readers who like well written challenging ideas.
August 2 – ‘The Cuckoo’s Calling’ Robert Galbraith ‘Strike, a troubled war veteran, attempts to solve the mystery death of a model who supposedly fell from her balcony’
Meg Dillon