In 1968 Papua New Guinea is on the brink of independence, and everything is about to change. Amidst the turmoil filmmaker Leonard arrives from England with his Dutch wife, Rika, to study and film an i
Richly textured, combining memoir with literary criticism, in Second Half First Drusilla Modjeska looks back on the experiences of the past 30 years which have shaped her writing, her reading and the
Patrol Officer Alistair Cawdor's suicide triggers a colonial inquest in New Guinea. Five testifying witnesses reveal disturbing stories. First published in 1979,Visitants was informed by the author's