Tamarisk row

Clement Killeaton transforms his surroundings into an imagined world centred on horse-racing, played out in the dusty backyard of his home, across the landscapes of the district, and the continent of Australia.

Out of the child's boredom and fear and fascination, Murnane's lyrical prose opens perspectives charged with yearning and illumination, offering in the process a truly original view of mid-twentieth-century boyhood.