On Lust & Longing brings two of Blanche D'Alpuget's prominent works
together. When On Lust was first published it caused a media
sensation: d'Alpuget wrote of a pillar of society who had molested
children and of events that ended in mystery. She revealed all.
On Longing caused a similar sensation, for different reasons.
D'Alpuget dared to write that she loved and had inspired love in a man
already adored by the public.
Here are the raw and timeless themes of the power and powerlessness
inherent to lust, love, loss and death.