AustLit

'Matthew Bourne is very much the center of his own universe. He has a long-term partner, a mistress, and a high-flying career with a human-rights agency, where he is campaigning to secure the release of a condemned African dissident. Then one day a colleague's wife dies in tragic circumstances, and Matthew is called to identify the body. Only much later does he realize that this incident has seeped into his life like a slow poison, and he spirals into a nightmare of death and betrayal.' (Trove record)