A novel of love, crime, magic, fate and coming of age, set In Brisbane's violent working class suburban fringe - from one Of Australia's most exciting new writers. Brisbane, 1983: a lost father, a mute brother, a mum in ...A novel of love, crime, magic, fate and coming of age, set In Brisbane's violent working class suburban fringe - from one Of Australia's most exciting new writers. Brisbane, 1983: a lost father, a mute brother, a mum in jail, a heroin dealer for a stepfather and a notorious crime for a babysitter.