Three young Irish people have come to Australia, running from the economic ruins of their home country and their own unhappy lives. In this promised land, they each try to escape their past in a chaotic world of backpacker hostels, fruit farms and squalid factories, surrounded by new friends who are even more damaged and dangerous than they are themselves. It's an utterly compelling, readable novel that hooks from the first page - The Beach meets Trainspotting.
