First Edition.

Poetry collection by Australian poet and novelist Randolph Stow. It won the Grace Leven Prize for Poetry in 1969.

The collection consists of 65 poems, most of which were published in various Australian poetry publications.

Geoff Page, reviewing the collection in The Canberra Times, found a unique voice: Randolph Stow is one of the few younger Australian poets who have found truly individual voices. It is a voice which will not please everyone for it can be high-pitched and contorted but it is unique, and that, these days, is a distinct achievement.”

While reviewing the book as a part of a survey of Australian poetry of the time