What starts as a simple story known by all Australians - young men leaving home to fight in a foreign war - explodes into a story rarely told but one central to our knowledge of ourselves and our country. Balancing cruelty, violence and hatred with kindness, compassion and love to create three dimensional characters trapped in a monochrome society. I was spellbound throughout the roller-coaster ride The Flood took me on. And cheered out loud at the story's climax.
Review of The Flood
