Richard Parry is a painter who cannot paint, a writer who doesn't write.
His obsession is Lulu, that 'orphan off the street', his aboriginal
'green child'.
But on returning from Australia to his hometown he finds it has become
notorious for the suicides of young people. As Parry tries to connect
past and present he is haunted by dreams of Australia and of his youth.
Yet is Parry all he seems? Isn't he frankly, 'a bit creepy'? How
trustworthy is memory? And what has happened to the vivacious Lulu?
Robert Minhinnick is the prize-winning author of two volumes of
essays, seven volumes of poetry and a novel. He has also edited a book
on the environment in Wales, written for television and provided columns
for The Western Mail and Planet. He is the co-founder of the
environmental organisation, Sustainable Wales, and was formerly the
editor of Poetry Wales.