Lara Englewood is on the run – from the Law, her lovers and herself. Exiled in New Zealand, the Parisian actress is keeping a diary of infamous secrets. On Waiheke Island she befriends an impoverished writer, working on a riches to rags story about Oscar Wilde.

"Shortlisted (and justifiably so) for the Heinemann Reed Fiction Award, this novel is a philosophical as well as a physical affair. It is exact, exacting and dense with energy." - The Listener