I enjoyed this last book in the trilogy more than the previous one. After telling the story of Ikey Solomon and Mary Abacus in book 1, and of Tommo and Hawk in book 2, now it's the turn for the third generation. This is a family history but it's also very intertwined with the history of Australia. Courtenay, as always, is a great storyteller, but he's also rather merciless with the characters and the readers. The last part of the novel is a very intense look into the horrors and butchery of war (WWI in this case). ( )

Not having read the earlier books in this trilogy did not reduce the enjoyment of the story as there was sufficient reference to earlier events to fill in the gaps. not sure how much this would have reduced the enjoyment of I had read the others. A great story well researched and told. ( )

Final book in wonderful Australian trilogy ( )

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