AustLit

A collection of poetry by renowned Sydney poet, Justin Lowe.

The sixth verse collection by renowned Sydney poet, Justin Lowe.

1915. While war rages across the globe, an old man dies in a Sydney hospice. The coroner suspects he was poisoned. But by whom? His estranged son, a Major in the British Army suddenly sailed for Africa? Or the nurse who tended him - a sullen, watchful girl who seems to garner mistrust wherever she goes?

After his hasty and unseemly departure, Major 'Freddy' mannsteim is give command of the 129th Baluchis, a mixed Indian regiment shattered during the bitter winter fighting of 1914-1915 in Northern France. He proves a rather reluctant saviour who steers his men on a strange and dangerous course that eventually collides with reality deep in the African jungle. - Back cover