'I lost my own father at 12 yr. of age and know what it is to be raised on lies and silences my dear daughter you are presently too young to understand a word I write but this history is for you and will contain no single lie may I burn in Hell if I speak false.'
The author's second Booker Prize winner, other awards and shortlists, including the French Best Foreign Book for 2003; inscribed to Brendon Kelson (1935-2022), former Director of the Australian War Memorial and co-author of 'Kelly Country', by the author on 15 October 2000.
