Eyrie

TIM WINTON’S ninth novel, Eyrie, opens with a hangover. Tom Keely wakes in his high rise apartment in Fremantle, and waits for the real pain to kick in. He can’t remember the previous night, and one leg is still intoxicated. He’s hiding from the world, and this reclusive state is new to him.

After a chance encounter in the lift, Keely becomes embroiled with Gemma, who as a child was once rescued by his parents, and her grandson, the sensitive Kai. Reluctantly drawn in to help the pair, he soon realises they bring trouble.