In Pale BattalionsSix months after the sudden death of her husband, Leonora Galloway sets out on a trip to France with her daughter Penelope. At last the time has come when secrets can be shared and explanations begin Leonora takes her daughter to the battlefields of WW1, where her father is commemorated on the Thiepval Monument. But the date of his death is surprising, and reveals that Captain John Hallows cannot possibly have been Leonora's real father. This is only

Prince of Fools

war criminals

laugh-out-loud banter

six hundred years ago

a chief of police

One is a mute negro called Friday

The new tattoos on his face they held him down in the nick and did them for him - make Stone look like a scary individual

or her daughter

when he is called to investigate the killing of one of the trustees

Elizabeth Costello is an Australian writer of international renown

these women struggle against domestic violence

hard-worked destroyer and her company of men