Liadhen: A novel

Jason is an outsider in his brother's world of girls and violence. He escapes to Liadhen to reinvent his life - but is he discovering himself or just running away? Liadhen , a haunting novel of small-town Australia, was runner-up in the 1994 Angus & Robertson Bookworld first novel award. ' Liadhen 's delicate realism - its refreshing natural prose - will appeal to teenage readers, and adults too.' - Elizabeth Jolley ' Liadhen is tight, rich in observation, and powerful. There is a strong sense of underlying menace and some great one-liners. It's a real goer, real Australian heart-of-darkness stuff.' - Leonie Stevens